LIGHTWEIGHT CRYPTOGRAPHY METHOD IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS USING ELLIPTIC CURVE AND CROW SEARCH ALGORITHM

Authors

  • Arkan A. Saffer Information Technology Department, Kalar Technical College, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Soran A. Pasha Information Technology Department, Kalar Technical College, Sulaimani Polytechnic University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  • Ammar M. Aliakbar Department of IT, College of Computer & IT, University of Garmian, Kalar, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25271/sjuoz.2023.11.3.1055

Keywords:

IoT, Data Security, Cryptography, CSA, ECC, SHA-256

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) as an important technology consists of a heterogeneous and huge number of devices that generates an enormous amount of data in various applications. However, generating and transmitting huge amount of data in the IoT makes it crucial to implement a secure and safe data transmission scheme. Cryptography methods can secure the confidentiality, data integrity, access control, and authentication. Due to constrained resources in IoT devices, providing classical cryptography schemes isn’t efficient for IoT applications, so a lightweight cryptography scheme is one of the most important solutions to overcome security challenges in IoT. In this paper, a new security scheme called ECCCSASHA256 based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-256) using Crow Search Algorithm (CSA) has been proposed for secure data transmission in IoT devices. The ECCCSASHA256 model uses the CSA for generating a private key to encode the elliptic curve. Furthermore, the proposed scheme uses SHA-256 model for hashing the incoming encoded data using ECC. The simulation results indicate that the average throughput of the proposed model was about 8.22% and 8.97% higher in encryption and 8.72% and 9.81% higher in decryption compared to 3DES&ECC&SHA-256 and RC4&ECC&SHA-256, respectively.

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2023-07-10

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Saffer , A. A., Pasha, S. A., & Aliakbar, A. M. (2023). LIGHTWEIGHT CRYPTOGRAPHY METHOD IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS USING ELLIPTIC CURVE AND CROW SEARCH ALGORITHM. Science Journal of University of Zakho, 11(3), 323–332. https://doi.org/10.25271/sjuoz.2023.11.3.1055

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2023): July-September issue

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Science Journal of University of Zakho

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