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International Conference on ICT Infrastructures and Services for Smart Cities

International Conference on Cloud Networking for Internet of Things Systems

IISSC 2017, CN4IoT 2017: Cloud Infrastructures, Services, and IoT Systems for Smart Cities pp 218–227Cite as

Securing Cloud-Based IoT Applications with Trustworthy Sensing

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The omnipresence of resource-constrained sensors connected to the cloud has enabled numerous Internet of Things (IoT) applications. However, the trust in these IoT applications is severely compromised by security concerns. We introduce a lightweight and effective security approach for such applications by protecting the sensors. Our approach leverages Physically Unclonable Functions (PUF) on the sensor platform to ensure non-repudiation of sensed data and integrity of sensor hardware and firmware. We compare the performance of different PUF implementations on Atmel, ARM, and FPGA-based sensing platforms, analyze the security properties of the proposed protocols and determine the overhead in terms of latency, storage and logic area. Our evaluation shows that it only incurs insignificant overhead on low-end sensors.

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Acknowledgment

This research has been funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) under grant number 842432. Michael Höberl has implemented RO PUF and was supported by the FP7 research project MATTHEW under grant number 610436.

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  1. Alpen-Adria-Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria

    Ihtesham Haider & Bernhard Rinner

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  1. Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Antonella Longo

  2. Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Marco Zappatore

  3. Faculty of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Massimo Villari

  4. Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    Omer Rana

  5. Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy

    Dario Bruneo

  6. Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Rajiv Ranjan

  7. DICIEAMA Department, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Maria Fazio

  8. CETIC, Charleroi, Belgium

    Philippe Massonet

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Haider, I., Rinner, B. (2018). Securing Cloud-Based IoT Applications with Trustworthy Sensing. In: Longo, A., et al. Cloud Infrastructures, Services, and IoT Systems for Smart Cities. IISSC CN4IoT 2017 2017. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 189. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67636-4_23

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