Side Channel Security Basics

Where Information Leaks: Side-Channel Attacks

Side channels exploit not what a system is designed to reveal, but what it accidentally broadcasts through timing, power consumption, electromagnetic signals, or cache behavior. This introductory course teaches you to spot these unintended information paths—both how they expose secrets and how to plug them.

Starting with fundamentals, you'll examine real-world attacks on computing systems. The practical value: understanding how attackers think about hardware and software design, and the defensive measures that work.