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In this work, we identify some of the important security issues arising from the rapidly expanding use of privately owned communication devices such as smartphones in business environments following the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept. Given the limitations of the existing software-only approaches, we introduce a novel hybrid solution that involves inexpensive mobile routes with functionally enhanced firmware based on open source software. We then implement experimental software components as functional enhancements for integration into the router firmware and generation of new customized versions suitable for installation on different hardware platforms. Finally, in-class delivery of educational content stored on a functionally enhanced mobile router controlled by the instructor is employed for testing of the embedded security features.
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We thank Keisuke Inoue for the implementations of the tests during his stay at Sapienza University of Rome.
This work was partially supported by the 2018 Cooperative Research Projects at Research Center for Biomedical Engineering with RIE Shizuoka University.
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Kanev, K. et al. (2019). A Novel Approach for Secure In-class Delivery of Educational Content via Mobile Routers with Functionally Enhanced Firmware. In: Auer, M., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) Mobile Technologies and Applications for the Internet of Things. IMCL 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 909. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11434-3_28
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