On-device Security and Privacy Mechanisms for Resource-limited Devices: A Bottom-up Approach

Authors

Leonardo Babun, Florida International UniversityFollow

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Major/Program

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Advisor's Name

Dr. A. Selcuk Uluagac

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Committee Chair

Second Advisor's Name

Dr. Kemal Akkaya

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Member

Third Advisor's Name

Dr. Alexander Perez-Pons

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee Member

Fourth Advisor's Name

Dr. Leonardo Bobadilla

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Committee Member

Keywords

Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Industrial IoT, resource-limited devices

Date of Defense

3-23-2020

Abstract

This doctoral dissertation introduces novel mechanisms to provide on-device security and privacy for resource-limited smart devices and their applications. These mechanisms aim to cover five fundamental contributions in the emerging Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), and Industrial IoT (IIoT) fields. First, we present a host-based fingerprinting solution for device identification that is complementary to other security services like device authentication and access control. Then, we design a kernel- and user-level detection framework that aims to discover compromised resource-limited devices based on behavioral analysis. Further we apply dynamic analysis of smart devices’ applications to uncover security and privacy risks in real-time. Then, we describe a solution to enable digital forensics analysis on data extracted from interconnected resource-limited devices that form a smart environment. Finally, we offer to researchers from industry and academia a collection of benchmark solutions for the evaluation of the discussed security mechanisms on different smart domains. For each contribution, this dissertation comprises specific novel tools and techniques that can be applied either independently or combined to enable a broader security services for the CPS, IoT, and IIoT domains.

Identifier

FIDC008908

ORCID

0000-0002-7082-8423

Recommended Citation

Babun, Leonardo, "On-device Security and Privacy Mechanisms for Resource-limited Devices: A Bottom-up Approach" (2020). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4431.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4431