A systematic review on lightweight security algorithms for a sustainable IoT infrastructure

Abstract

Operational technology, industrial automation, advanced healthcare systems, and smart city infrastructures are common forms of IoT integrated distributed networks. Numerous IoT components require vast amounts of power for sensing, data extraction, processing, and sharing over the internet. Moreover, IoT devices are in operation with a lack of standards that poses a severe security threat. Intrusion detection systems and cryptographic algorithms are two important components in the security posture of a cyberspace. IoT applications provide real-time services, so security measures are active 24/7/365. Hence, these algorithms are also related to energy consumption. It is a study of security algorithms based on their hardware and software implementations. This review systematically searches for and selects the latest research documents, conducting an analysis of sustainability and security. It depicts the lightweight features of cryptographic algorithms; the relationship of gate density, chip area and power consumption in CMOS technology; and the importance of Machine Learning (MA) applications for IDS and cryptographic solutions in Next Generation IoT (NGIoT).

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