Security Verification

Security verification is becoming a critical priority as semiconductor systems, RISC-V processors, SoCs, cryptography extensions, and connected devices grow more complex. Verification teams must now consider not only functional correctness, but also hardware security, vulnerability detection, confidentiality assurance, and trust in system-level behaviour.

DV Club Zurich 2026 brought together researchers, semiconductor engineers, EDA specialists, and verification professionals to discuss practical approaches for verifying security properties in modern chip design. The programme covered RISC-V cryptography extensions, deterministic fuzzing, custom instruction set extensions, hardware security assurance, SoC security, vulnerability detection, OSVVM co-simulation, CHERI-CVA6 formal verification, and transparent software emulation.

For organisations working on security-critical designs, Alpinum also provides security services, formal verification services, and wider design verification support.

This post-event page provides access to the DV Club Zurich agenda, presentation slides, and related security verification resources from Alpinum Consulting. Engineers interested in related RISC-V capability may also explore Alpinum’s RISC-V Verification training and RISC-V overview resources.

Event at a Glance:

  • Wed 17 Jun 2026

  • 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM CEST

  • ETH Zurich, ETF E1, 8092

Agenda (CEST)

TimeSession DescriptionPresentationsVideos
12:00Arrival, registration, networking, light refreshments  
13:00Welcome remarks  
13:05Leveraging Invariants for Scalable Verification of RISC-V Cryptography Extensions by Kim Fahrni, Katharina Ceesay-Seitz, Deniz Zuppiger and Kaveh Razavi, ETH ZurichNot availableVideo
13:25HartBreaker: Deterministic Fuzzing of Multi-Hart RISC-V CPUs with Non-Deterministic Programs by Quentin Bordier, ETH ZurichNot availableVideo
13:45TRISTAN: Custom RISC-V Instruction Set Extensions by Patrick Sieberer, Semify EDAView PDFVideo
14:15A Layered Multidisciplinary Approach to RISC-V Basic Software by Emilio Guijarro, QuintaurisView PDFVideo
14:40Confidentiality Assurance using Sentry: A Key Component Of Hardware Security by Vikas Sachdeva, Real IntentView PDFVideo
15:05Break with refreshments/networking  
16:05SoC Security by Mike Bartley, Alpinum ConsultingView PDFVideo
16:20Automated Detection of Hardware Vulnerabilities with ALVIE by Matteo Busi, Ca’ Foscari University of VeniceView PDFVideo
16:45RISC-V software and logic co-development with OSVVM co-simulation by Simon Southwell, Wyvern SemiconductorsView PDFVideo
17:10Formal Verification of CHERI-CVA6: End-to-End and Beyond by Louis-Emile Ploix, lowRISC CICView PDFVideo
17:35Crucible: Retrofitting Commodity CPUs with Vulnerabilities via Transparent Software Emulation by Tristan Hornetz, CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information SecurityView PDFVideo
18:00Refreshments/networking