Security on IoT devices with secure elements

Schläpfer, Tobias; Rüst, Andreas

doi:10.21256/zhaw-3350

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Publication type:	Conference paper
Type of review:	Peer review (abstract)
Title:	Security on IoT devices with secure elements
Authors:	Schläpfer, Tobias Rüst, Andreas
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-3350
Proceedings:	Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings
Conference details:	Embedded World Conference, Nuremberg, Germany, 26-28 Februar 2019
Issue Date:	2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	WEKA
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	München
Language:	English
Subjects:	IoT security; Secure element; Hardware cryptography; Authentication; Tamper proof memory; Thread network; Side channel protection; Resource constrained device
Subject (DDC):	004: Computer science
Abstract:	The emergence of new low power IoT networks in which leaf nodes have native IPv6 connectivity and the grown awareness for data protection of IoT devices require leaf nodes to provide a higher level of security, similar to the level of a standard computer system. Especially in terms of energy consumption and device cost, the intensive cryptographic operations of well-known computer security algorithms are a big challenge for resource constrained devices. To face these challenges, semiconductor vendors have recently introduced new dedicated hardware, so called secure elements. These devices provide hardware accelerated support for cryptographic operations and tamper proof memory for the secure storage of cryptographically sensitive material. Moreover, they employ specific techniques against so called side channel attacks. The paper describes and specifies different classes of secure elements and discusses their opportunities and challenges. Furthermore, the paper provides multiple detailed examples how secure elements can be used for different applications. Finally, this paper briefly presents general measurement results from a performed evaluation with four selected secure elements from different vendors. A more complete report about the performed evaluation will be presented in a following paper. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of secure elements and provide a generic overview of their features, serving as starting point to work with secure elements.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/16297
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Embedded Systems (InES)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Schläpfer, T., & Rüst, A. (2019). Security on IoT devices with secure elements. Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3350

Schläpfer, T. and Rüst, A. (2019) ‘Security on IoT devices with secure elements’, in Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings. München: WEKA. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3350.

T. Schläpfer and A. Rüst, “Security on IoT devices with secure elements,” in Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings, 2019. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3350.

SCHLÄPFER, Tobias und Andreas RÜST, 2019. Security on IoT devices with secure elements. In: Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings. Conference paper. München: WEKA. 2019

Schläpfer, Tobias, and Andreas Rüst. 2019. “Security on IoT Devices with Secure Elements.” Conference paper. In Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings. München: WEKA. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3350.

Schläpfer, Tobias, and Andreas Rüst. “Security on IoT Devices with Secure Elements.” Embedded World Conference 2019 - Proceedings, WEKA, 2019, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3350.