Security of emerging non-volatile memories: Attacks and defenses

While the non-volatile memory (NVM) has often been discussed in the context of alternatives to SRAM and RRAM for performance improvements in modern computing systems, their unique properties which lead to security applications and security vulnerabilities have also raised interests. In this paper, we provide a comparative discussion on how the usage of NVMs in the context of security in terms of mitigating some of their vulnerabilities. Further, we discuss innovative implementations of NVMs in the creation of novel hardware security primitives. Through this survey, we expect to have more non-traditional security applications of NVMs in modern designs leveraging their unique properties.