Title
Fusion: Coalesced Confidential Storage and Communication Framework for the IoT
Abstract
Comprehensive security mechanisms are required for a successful implementation of the Internet of Things IoT. Existing solutions focus mainly on securing the communication links between Internet hosts and IoT devices. However, as most IoT devices nowadays provide vast amounts of flash storage space, it is as well required to consider storage security within a comprehensive security framework. Instead of developing independent security solutions for storage and communication, we propose Fusion, a framework that provides coalesced confidential storage and communication. Fusion uses existing secure communication protocols for the IoT such as Internet protocol security IPsec and datagram transport layer security DTLS and re-uses the defined communication security mechanisms within the storage component. Thus, trusted mechanisms developed for communication security are extended into the storage space. Notably, this mechanism allows us to transmit requested data directly from the file system without decrypting read data blocks and then re-encrypting these for transmission. Thus, Fusion provides benefits in terms of processing speed and energy efficiency, which are important aspects for resource-constrained IoT devices. This paper describes the Fusion architecture and its instantiation for IPsec-based and DTLS-based systems. We describe Fusion's implementation and evaluate its storage overheads, communication performance, and energy consumption. Copyright © 2015John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1002/sec.1260
Security and Communication Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
security,Internet of Things,IPsec,DTLS,storage security,Contiki OS
IPsec,Storage security,File system,Computer security,Computer science,Datagram Transport Layer Security,Computer network,Security service,Communications security,Computer security model,Secure communication
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
15
1939-0114
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.58
20
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ibrahim Ethem Bagci1556.01
Shahid Raza249336.66
Utz Roedig377372.30
Thiemo Voigt43458250.13