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Post Quantum Public and Private Key Cryptography Optimized for IoT Security

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The number of Internet of Things devices is growing exponentially with the introduction of 5G. They are incorporated into a wide spectrum of devices ranging from our mobile phones to healthcare tracking devices. With the advent of 5G and quantum computers, traditional cryptography algorithms will be deprecated and will be prone to quantum attacks by the use of Shor’s algorithm. Thus, there is a need for making Quantum Secure Cryptography Algorithms that can be utilized in 5G IoT environments. In this paper, we propose algorithms to efficiently encrypt data streams in a 5G enabled IoT environment and we establish their proof of hardness and security against quantum attacks, eavesdropping, chosen plaintext attacks, chosen ciphertext attacks, and public key attacks. The proposed algorithm is compared to leading NIST-approved post-quantum (PQ) cryptography algorithms like LWE, LIZARD, and NTRU. On the basis of the total time taken to perform operations, our symmetric algorithm is 70 times faster than the aforementioned symmetric algorithms and our asymmetric algorithm is 10 times faster than the above-stated asymmetric algorithms. Both our algorithms use 6000 times lesser memory than the algorithms mentioned above. The proposed algorithms provide a complete security framework for IoT devices against quantum attacks.

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  1. Ajay Kaushik, Lakshmi Sai Srikar Vadlamani, Mohammed Mohsin Hussain, Milind Sahay, Rahul Singh, Ananya Komal Singh, S. Indu, Puneet Goswami and Nalliyanna Goundar Veerappan Kousik have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonepat, Haryana, India

    Ajay Kaushik & Puneet Goswami

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

    Lakshmi Sai Srikar Vadlamani

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

    Mohammed Mohsin Hussain, Milind Sahay, Rahul Singh & S. Indu Role - Corresponding Author

  4. Department of Information Technology, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

    Ananya Komal Singh

  5. Department of Computing and IT, Stanmore College Middlesex, Stanmore, UK

    Nalliyanna Goundar Veerappan Kousik

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Kaushik, A., Vadlamani, L.S.S., Hussain, M.M. et al. Post Quantum Public and Private Key Cryptography Optimized for IoT Security. Wireless Pers Commun 129, 893–909 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-022-10162-w

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