Guest Editorial Special Issue on Intrinsic Hardware Security for Internet of Things Infrastructure
Mohamed Kheir, Manos M. Tentzeris, Ahmed Abdelgawad, Ilsun You · IEEE Internet of Things Journal · 2019
Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology in the modern era of big data. It concerns a variety of applications ranging from smart homes, connected vehicles to smart factories, and more. IoT infrastructure typically comprises millions of connected objects and devices that store and exchange sensitive and confidential information. Theft and fraud scenarios, such as hacking and identity forgery, are serious threats to such IoT devices. Embedded hardware security techniques could be a potential solution to preserve the highest level of security within this infrastructure. Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) are among the potential solution to data security and counterfeiting problems. Many more intrinsic hardware security techniques are underway for a highly secure IoT infrastructure as strongly demanded by the IoT community. The focus of this Special Issue is to provide readers with the latest advances in securing IoT infrastructure from the physical layer point-of-view.