A lightweight framework for secure life-logging in smart environments

Authors:
Nikolaos E. Petroulakis;Elias Z. Tragos;Alexandros G. Fragkiadakis;George Spanoudakis
Affiliations:
Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Greece;Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Greece;Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Greece;School of Informatics, City University London, London, UK
Venue:
Information Security Tech. Report
Year:
2013

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Abstract

As the world becomes an interconnected network where objects and humans interact with each other, new challenges and threats appear in the ecosystem. In this interconnected world, smart objects have an important role in giving users the chance for life-logging in smart environments. However, smart devices have several limitations with regards to memory, resources and computation power, hindering the opportunity to apply well-established security algorithms and techniques for secure life-logging on the Internet of Things (IoT) domain. The need for secure and trustworthy life-logging in smart environments is vital, thus, a lightweight approach has to be considered to overcome the constraints of Smart Objects. The purpose of this paper is to present in details the current topics of life-logging in smart environments, while describing interconnection issues, security threats and suggesting a lightweight framework for ensuring security, privacy and trustworthy life-logging. In order to investigate the efficiency of the lightweight framework and the impact of the security attacks on energy consumption, an experimental test-bed was developed including two interconnected users and one smart attacker, who attempts to intercept transmitted messages or interfere with the communication link. Several mitigation factors, such as power control, channel assignment and AES-128 encryption were applied for secure life-logging. Finally, research into the degradation of the consumed energy regarding the described intrusions is presented.