These repositories contain code and instructions from the technology demonstrators created by the Oxford e-Research Centre (OeRC) (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford) as part of Innovate UK's Digital Security by Design project, in partnership with CyberHive.
Principal Investigator: David Wallom
Researchers: Martin Higgins, Reuben Green, Tolga Yılmaz
This research was funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under project number 10017394.
The DSbD project aims to promote the concept of building digital security into the design of our technology, rather than regarding it as an extra "add-on" layer. A key technology in DSbD's approach is Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI), an enhancement to existing processor architectures which adds hardware-level protection against memory-access bugs, together with tools for building innovative new memory-protection structures. Our project pairs the secure platform offered by a CHERI processor with CyberHive Connect, a mesh VPN which offers post-quantum encryption.
Our demonstrators explore the possible application of the combination of CHERI and CyberHive Connect accross a range of different sectors.
Our Electric Vehicle Charging Demonstrator is part of a work package to showcase CHERI and Connect in the context of an electric vehicle charging station.
A demonstration of the use of CHERI and CyberHive Connect for secure networking.
A demonstration of running an arcade game emulator on CheriBSD. This demonstrator shows off the use of CHERI in a graphical environment.
A demonstration of the use of CHERI and CyberHive Connect for the secure networking of vulnerable legacy hardware.
A demonstration of the use of CHERI and CyberHive connect to enhance the security of a smart building.