CIVIC-FPGA: A Trusted FPGA Design Validation by Multi-Tenant Cloud Providers

FPGA-based cloud services face significant security challenges, especially in multi-tenant environments where protecting tenant Intellectual Property (IP) is crucial. Existing solutions have limitations, being vulnerable to attacks or requiring FPGA manufacturer involvement for each deployment. We propose CIVIC-FPGA (Confidential IP Validation In Cloud for FPGA), a secure protocol for validating FPGA designs in multi-tenant cloud environments, ensuring tenant design confidentiality.