This White Paper briefly explains side-channel attacks, then discusses some specific side-channel attack techniques in the context of SGX and ways of defending against those attacks. This paper also describes various defenses used by the Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service™ (SDKMS) and by Fortanix Runtime Encryption solutions to protect against side-channel attacks.
Introduction to side-channel Attacks
Example of side-channel Attacks
Sources of side-channels
Mitigation Strategies
Promise of Intel® SGX