scholarly journals Secure Communications for Resource-Constrained IoT Devices

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (13) ◽  
pp. 3637
Author(s):  
Abd-Elhamid M. Taha ◽  
Abdulmonem M. Rashwan ◽  
Hossam S. Hassanein
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Secure Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Secure Communications ◽  
Message Authentication ◽  
Authentication Codes ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Constrained Devices

The importance of securing communications on the Internet of Things (IoT) cannot be overstated. This is especially the case in light of the increasing proliferation of IoT devices and instances, as well as the growing dependence on their usage. Meanwhile, there have recently been mounting concerns over a wide array of vulnerabilities in IoT communications. The objective of this work is to address constraints in IoT devices that are “resource-constrained”, which are devices that are limited in terms of computing, energy, communication, or range capabilities, whether in terms of nominal or temporal limitations. Specifically, we propose a framework for resource-aiding constrained devices to facilitate secure communication. Without loss of generalization, the framework’s viability is illustrated by focusing on a group of security functions that utilize message authentication codes, which is a strongly representative example of resource-intensive security functions. Aspects of the framework are further demonstrated in processing cores commonly used in commercial IoT devices.

scholarly journals PRISEC: Comparison of Symmetric Key Algorithms for IoT Devices

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 4312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. F. Saraiva ◽  
Valderi Reis Quietinho Leithardt ◽  
Diandre de Paula ◽  
André Sales Mendes ◽  
Gabriel Villarrubia González ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Advanced Encryption Standard ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Secure Communications ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Symmetric Key ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Resource Constrained Devices ◽  
Constrained Devices

With the growing number of heterogeneous resource-constrained devices connected to the Internet, it becomes increasingly challenging to secure the privacy and protection of data. Strong but efficient cryptography solutions must be employed to deal with this problem, along with methods to standardize secure communications between these devices. The PRISEC module of the UbiPri middleware has this goal. In this work, we present the performance of the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), RC6 (Rivest Cipher 6), Twofish, SPECK128, LEA, and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, measuring their execution times, throughput, and power consumption, with the main goal of determining which symmetric key ciphers are best to be applied in PRISEC. We verify that ChaCha20-Poly1305 is a very good option for resource constrained devices, along with the lightweight block ciphers SPECK128 and LEA.

scholarly journals Leveraging Constrained Devices for Custom Code Execution in the Internet of Things

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flávia Pisani ◽  
Edson Borin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Fog Computing ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Constrained Devices

With the ever-growing scale of the IoT, transmitting a massive volume of sensor data through the network will be too taxing. However, it will be challenging to include resource-constrained IoT devices as processing nodes in the fog computing hierarchy. To allow the execution of custom code sent by users on these devices, which are too limited for many current tools, we developed a platform called LibMiletusCOISA (LMC). Moreover, we created two models where the user can choose a cost metric (e.g., energy consumption) and then use it to decide whether to execute their code on the cloud or on the device that collected the data. We employed these models to characterize different scenarios and simulate future situations where changes in the technology can impact this decision.

scholarly journals Identity Authentication and Capability Based Access Control (IACAC) for the Internet of Things

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parikshit N. Mahalle ◽  
Bayu Anggorojati ◽  
Neeli R. Prasad ◽  
Ramjee Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Access Control ◽  
Secure Communication ◽  
Identity Authentication ◽  
Security Protocol ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Dos Attacks ◽  
Security Vulnerabilities ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

In the last few years the Internet of Things (IoT) has seen widespreadapplication and can be found in each field. Authentication and accesscontrol are important and critical functionalities in the context of IoTto enable secure communication between devices. Mobility, dynamicnetwork topology and weak physical security of low power devices in IoTnetworks are possible sources for security vulnerabilities. It ispromising to make an authentication and access control attack resistant andlightweight in a resource constrained and distributed IoT environment.This paper presents the Identity Authentication and Capability basedAccess Control (IACAC) model with protocol evaluation and performanceanalysis. To protect IoT from man-in-the-middle, replay and denial ofservice (Dos) attacks, the concept of capability for access control isintroduced. The novelty of this model is that, it presents an integratedapproach of authentication and access control for IoT devices. Theresults of other related study have also been analyzed to validate andsupport our findings. Finally, the proposed protocol is evaluated byusing security protocol verification tool and verification results showsthat IACAC is secure against aforementioned attacks. This paper alsodiscusses performance analysis of the protocol in terms of computationaltime compared to other existing solutions. Furthermore, this paper addresseschallenges in IoT and security attacks are modelled with the use casesto give an actual view of IoT networks.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Post-Quantum Cryptosystems for Internet-of-Things Applications

Sensors ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 489
Author(s):  
Jose-Antonio Septien-Hernandez ◽  
Magali Arellano-Vazquez ◽  
Marco Antonio Contreras-Cruz ◽  
Juan-Pablo Ramirez-Paredes
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Quantum Algorithms ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Quantum Computers ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
Public Key Cryptosystems ◽  
Shor's Algorithm ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Imminent Threat ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The existence of quantum computers and Shor’s algorithm poses an imminent threat to classical public-key cryptosystems. These cryptosystems are currently used for the exchange of keys between servers and clients over the Internet. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the next step in the evolution of the Internet, and it involves the connection of millions of low-powered and resource-constrained devices to the network. Because quantum computers are becoming more capable, the creation of a new cryptographic standard that cannot be compromised by them is indispensable. There are several current proposals of quantum-resistant or post-quantum algorithms that are being considered for future standards. Given that the IoT is increasing in popularity, and given its resource-constrained nature, it is worth adapting those new standards to IoT devices. In this work, we study some post-quantum cryptosystems that could be suitable for IoT devices, adapting them to work with current cryptography and communication software, and conduct a performance measurement on them, obtaining guidelines for selecting the best for different applications in resource-constrained hardware. Our results show that many of these algorithms can be efficiently executed in current IoT hardware, providing adequate protection from the attacks that quantum computers will eventually be capable of.

scholarly journals Implementing a Symmetric Lightweight Cryptosystem in Highly Constrained IoT Devices by Using a Chaotic S-Box

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Badr M. Alshammari ◽  
Ramzi Guesmi ◽  
Tawfik Guesmi ◽  
Haitham Alsaif ◽  
Ahmed Alzamil
Keyword(s):  
Secure Communication ◽  
Ieee 802.15.4 ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Advanced Encryption Standard ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The One ◽  
Nist Tests ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Constrained Devices

In the Internet of Things (IoT), a lot of constrained devices are interconnected. The data collected from those devices can be the target of cyberattacks. In this paper, a lightweight cryptosystem that can be efficiently implemented in highly constrained IOT devices is proposed. The algorithm is mainly based on Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and a new chaotic S-box. Since its adoption by the IEEE 802.15.4 protocol, AES in embedded platforms have been increasingly used. The main cryptographic properties of the generated S-box have been validated. The randomness of the generated S-box has been confirmed by the NIST tests. Experimental results and security analysis demonstrated that the cryptosystem can, on the one hand, reach good encryption results and respects the limitation of the sensor’s resources, on the other hand. So the proposed solution could be reliably applied in image encryption and secure communication between networked smart objects.

Management of resource constrained devices in the internet of things

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 144-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuj Sehgal ◽  
Vladislav Perelman ◽  
Siarhei Kuryla ◽  
Jurgen Schonwalder
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Resource Constrained ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Resource Constrained Devices ◽  
Constrained Devices

scholarly journals A Lightweight Anonymous Client–Server Authentication Scheme for the Internet of Things Scenario: LAuth

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 3695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuwen Chen ◽  
José-Fernán Martínez ◽  
Pedro Castillejo ◽  
Lourdes López
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Secure Communication ◽  
Authentication Scheme ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Secure Communications ◽  
Authentication Protocols ◽  
Computation Cost ◽  
Client Server ◽  
Remote Client ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects different kinds of devices into a network, and enables two-way communication between devices. A large amount of data are collected by these devices and transmitted in this network, it is necessary to ensure secure communications between these devices, to make it impossible for an adversary to undermine this communication. To ensure secure communication, many authentication protocols have been proposed, in this study, a fully anonymous authentication scheme for the Internet of things scenario has been proposed, it enables the remote client to anonymously connect to the server and being serviced by the server. The proposed scheme has been verified by AVISPA and BAN Logic, and the result shows that it is safe. Besides, the simulation shows that the proposed scheme is more efficient in computation cost and communication cost.

scholarly journals A survey on approaches to the protection of personal data gathered by IoT devices

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Tranter
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Ideal Solution ◽  
Security Systems ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Is Security ◽  
The World ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

Security is always at the forefront of developing technologies. One can seldom go a week without hearing of a new data breach or hacking attempt from various groups around the world, often taking advantage of a simple flaw in a system’s architecture. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of these developing technologies which may be at risk of such attacks. IoT devices are becoming more and more prevalent in everyday life. From keeping track of an individual’s health, to suggesting meals from items available in an individual’s fridge, these technologies are taking a much larger role in the personal lives of their users. With this in mind, how is security being considered in the development of these technologies? Are these devices that monitor individual’s personal lives just additional vectors for potential data theft? Throughout this survey, various approaches to the development of security systems concerning IoT devices in the home will be discussed, compared, and contrasted in the hope of providing an ideal solution to the problems this technology may produce.

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