LDAKM-EIoT: Lightweight Device Authentication and Key Management Mechanism for Edge-Based IoT Deployment

Area of Science:

• Computer Science
• Cybersecurity
• Network Engineering

Background:

• Edge computing is crucial for emerging technologies like 5G and IoT, offering cloud services closer to users.
• Open communication in edge-based IoT environments presents significant security vulnerabilities to adversaries.
• Device authentication is vital for secure mutual authentication between IoT devices and cloud servers via edge nodes.

Purpose of the Study:

• To introduce a novel device authentication and key management mechanism for edge-based IoT environments.
• To address the security vulnerabilities inherent in open communication within edge-based IoT infrastructures.
• To propose a scheme that ensures secure communication through mutual authentication and session key establishment.

Main Methods:

• Design of the lightweight authentication and key management scheme for the edge based IoT environment (LDAKM-EIoT).
• Formal security analysis and verification using the Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications (AVISPA) tool.
• Comparative analysis against existing schemes and network performance evaluation using NS2 simulation.

Main Results:

• LDAKM-EIoT demonstrates security against identified attack vectors in edge-based IoT environments.
• The proposed scheme offers enhanced security compared to related schemes.
• LDAKM-EIoT achieves lower communication and computation costs.
• NS2 simulations confirm the practical performance benefits of LDAKM-EIoT.

Conclusions:

• The LDAKM-EIoT scheme provides a secure and efficient solution for authentication and key management in edge-based IoT.
• Formal verification and comparative analysis confirm its robustness and cost-effectiveness.
• The scheme is well-suited for practical deployment in securing edge computing environments.