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Performance Evaluation of ChaosFortress Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithm for Data Security in Water and Other
Rohit Raphael1,2, Ranjan Sarukkalige3, Sridharakumar Narasimhan2,4
1School of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Curtin University, Perth 6102, Australia.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 28, 2025
Summary
ChaosFortress, a new lightweight cryptographic algorithm, offers superior speed and security for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, particularly in protecting critical water utility data against cyber threats.
Area of Science:
- Cybersecurity
- Cryptography
- Internet of Things (IoT)
Background:
- The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly integrated into daily life, generating vast data volumes.
- Securing data from IoT-enabled utility management systems, like water distribution, is critical due to rising cyber threats.
- Lightweight cryptographic algorithms are essential for resource-constrained IoT devices.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the performance of the in-house developed ChaosFortress lightweight cryptographic algorithm.
- To compare ChaosFortress against other leading lightweight cryptographic algorithms for IoT applications.
- To assess the suitability of ChaosFortress for securing data in IoT utility management.
Main Methods:
- Performance comparison of ChaosFortress with ACORN, Ascon, ChaChaPoly, Speck, tinyAES, and tinyECC.
- Testing conducted on an Arduino and LoRa-based transmitter/receiver pair.
- Evaluation using the NIST Statistical Test Suite (STS) for cryptographic randomness and performance.
Main Results:
- ChaosFortress demonstrated comparable memory management to other algorithms.
- ChaosFortress significantly outperformed five of the six compared algorithms in execution speed.
- ChaosFortress achieved the fastest transmission times and excelled in NIST STS results.
Conclusions:
- ChaosFortress is highly suitable for Internet of Things (IoT) applications requiring efficient and secure data handling.
- The algorithm's speed and strong performance in statistical tests make it a viable option for protecting critical infrastructure data.
- ChaosFortress offers a promising solution for enhancing cybersecurity in resource-limited IoT environments.
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