Towards a Safe and Secure Internet of Things Critical Infrastructure

Abstract—The IoT also have many applications in commercial sectors, such as environmental monitoring, infrastructure management, smart buildings, and smart cities. This work has proposed and studied the development of novel and efficient security techniques that can protect IoT devices and enable secure communications over the Internet. Specifically, we have proposed (1) hardware based schemes for establishment of root of trust; (2) the design of a reliable and secure key generator and management system using SoC FPGA; (3) development of novel hardware-based secure authentication schemes for IoT devices; and (4) design of light-weight secure communication protocols for IoT devices. Index Terms—Internet of Things, hardware-based security, embedded systems, SoC, FPGA, secure communication