Compressive sensing lays foundation for the future of IoT security
With the increasing number of IoT devices in use comes the rising challenge of storing the large amounts of data they produce. Additionally, security concerns come at the forefront of academics and practitioners’ work. To ensure a constantly high level of security for all devices and the software platform of the Squid.link gateway, Develco Products continuously participates in research projects, such as INCOM.
Novel light encryption and cloud computing schemes
A team from Aarhus University, led by Associate Professor Qi Zhang, has developed two novel encryption schemes based on compressive sensing, a method used for optimizing data sampling, transfer efficiency and security. One aims to improve IoT security in terms of cloud computing, while the other achieves asymptotic perfect secrecy for resource-constrained IoT devices. With these encryption schemes, solution providers can deliver a secure end-to-end solution while simultaneously minimizing their footprint on the communication networks.
Though still in their experimental phase, these new technologies bring a large potential for practical application. Develco Products’ Squid.link gateway was at the heart of the research, which would make the implementation of the technology on the gateway at a future stage much simpler and easier.
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Multi-layered IoT security
Participation in such research proves that Develco Products has security and privacy of the data as a highest priority. All devices use a four-layer method of securing the communication, including installation codes, certificates, and pre-defined keys to authenticate the connection. Each gateway is assigned an individual key set and the communication flow is secured in accordance with the encryption each protocol supports. For example, Zigbee and Wireless M-Bus use AES 128bit, so solution providers can rely on secure cloud computing and safe use of wireless devices.
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Presentation of the two papers at the IEEE Global Communications Conference 2020
The two research papers that were developed in the INCOM project will be presented in the beginning of December at the IEEE Global Communications Conference. Themed “Communications for Human and Machine Intelligence”, Globecom includes a multitude of tutorials, workshops, and academic presentations. They are aimed at practitioners as well as industry and business leaders who want to provide end-users with access to high-speed and cost-effective communication services.
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