US Patent 9887833 Systems and methods to counter side channel attacks

Disclosed are devices, systems, apparatus, methods, products, and other implementations, including a method that includes identifying a process to obtain timing information of a processor-based device, and in response to identifying the process to obtain the timing information, delaying delivery of the timing information for a time-delay period. In some embodiments, identifying the process to obtain the timing information may include identifying a request to obtain the timing information of the processor-based device. In some embodiments, identifying the process to obtain the timing information may include identifying a memory-access process.