Securing the Internet of Things (IoT)

Deployment of IoT devices is not limited to industrial and residential avenues alone and a growing number of IoT applications are finding their way into mainstream healthcare. While the technological benefits of embedded ‘intelligent’ devices is substantial, the security requirements of such devices are also extrapolating. Vendors may increasingly and quickly target areas where IoT is productive and financially yielding, leading to product rushing without formal security testing.

The present project seeks to address multiple facets of IoT security: zone-based security applications, bespoke security utilities for specific SoCs and use of distributed crypto-ledgers for legitimate software patching are being investigated. Additionally, some networking aspects related to comparison of different networking protocols for IoT ecosystem is being carried out from a scalable security perspective.

The project has extended towards deployment and application of IoT in the bio and nano domain termed the Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT). Collaboration with researchers in U.S, South Korea and Pakistan has resulted in a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art and security issues prevalent in future IoBNT architectures, published by IEEE Access.