Tamper Resistance - Tampering

Tampering

Tampering involves the deliberate altering or adulteration of a product, package, or system. Solutions may involve all phases of product production, packaging, distribution, logistics, sale, and use. No single solution can be considered as "tamper-proof". Often multiple levels of security need to be addressed to reduce the risk of tampering. Some considerations might include:

• Identify who a potential tamperer might be: average user, child, psychopath, misguided joker, saboteur, organized criminals, terrorists. What level of knowledge, materials, tools, etc. might they have?
• Identify all feasible methods of unauthorized access into a product, package, or system. In addition to the primary means of entry, also consider secondary or "back door" methods.
• Control or limit access to products or systems of interest.
• Improve the tamper resistance to make tampering more difficult, time-consuming, etc.
• Add tamper-evident features to help indicate the existence of tampering.
• Educate people to watch for evidence of tampering.

tamper means interfere with (something) without authority or so as to cause damage.