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Attackers may be able to insert covertly circuitry into integrated circuits (ICs) used in today’s computerbased systems; a recent Department of Defense report [16] identifies several current trends that contribute to this threat. First, it has become economically infeasible to procure high performance ICs other than through commercial suppliers. Second, these commercial suppliers are increasingly moving the design, manufacturing, and testing stages of IC production to a diverse set of countries, making securing the IC supply chain infeasible. Together, commercialofftheshelf (COTS) procurement and global production lead to an “enormous and increasing” opportunity for attack [16].