Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication
The Internet of Things (IoT) can be defined as the network of physical objects, or “things,” embedded with sensors and software for processing and exchanging data with other devices and ecosystems using the Internet as a medium. With its rapid growth over the past decade, it ha...
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| description | The Internet of Things (IoT) can be defined as the network of physical objects, or “things,” embedded with sensors and software for processing and exchanging data with other devices and ecosystems using the Internet as a medium. With its rapid growth over the past decade, it has permeated several application domains, including intelligent vehicular systems. The Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (IoAV) is a subset of IoT that envisions dynamic autonomous driving without human intervention. The dynamic nature of the environment in which autonomous vehicles operate introduces significant challenges, such as real-time communication and security vulnerabilities. These challenges cannot be directly addressed by standard cybersecurity solutions designed primarily for static IoT environments. In this work, we outline the various vulnerabilities of the IoAV systems, and we delve into the critical importance of adopting lightweight security protocols. These protocols are crucial to ensure robust protection while at the same time not jeopardizing the performance of the IoAV system. We also highlight the fast lightweight security protocols implemented on heterogeneous embedded, low-power, high-performance computing platforms as a viable solution to address these challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-715b7f7cb3434557b46b4282d215dee42025-02-11T00:01:07ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113242072422210.1109/ACCESS.2025.353780010869450Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight AuthenticationHazem Ismail Ali0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1342-4227Harrison Kurunathan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1270-1213Mohamed Hamdy Eldefrawy2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6408-5152Flavius Gruian3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1739-3384Magnus Jonsson4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-3931Department of Computing and Electronics for Real-Time and Embedded Systems (CERES), School of Information Technology (ITE), Halmstad University, Halmstad, SwedenCISTER/ISEP, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, PortugalDepartment of Computing and Electronics for Real-Time and Embedded Systems (CERES), School of Information Technology (ITE), Halmstad University, Halmstad, SwedenDepartment of Computer Science, Lund University, Lund, SwedenDepartment of Computing and Electronics for Real-Time and Embedded Systems (CERES), School of Information Technology (ITE), Halmstad University, Halmstad, SwedenThe Internet of Things (IoT) can be defined as the network of physical objects, or “things,” embedded with sensors and software for processing and exchanging data with other devices and ecosystems using the Internet as a medium. With its rapid growth over the past decade, it has permeated several application domains, including intelligent vehicular systems. The Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (IoAV) is a subset of IoT that envisions dynamic autonomous driving without human intervention. The dynamic nature of the environment in which autonomous vehicles operate introduces significant challenges, such as real-time communication and security vulnerabilities. These challenges cannot be directly addressed by standard cybersecurity solutions designed primarily for static IoT environments. In this work, we outline the various vulnerabilities of the IoAV systems, and we delve into the critical importance of adopting lightweight security protocols. These protocols are crucial to ensure robust protection while at the same time not jeopardizing the performance of the IoAV system. We also highlight the fast lightweight security protocols implemented on heterogeneous embedded, low-power, high-performance computing platforms as a viable solution to address these challenges.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10869450/Lightweight authenticationInternet of Autonomous Vehicles (IoAV)embedded systems |
| spellingShingle | Hazem Ismail Ali Harrison Kurunathan Mohamed Hamdy Eldefrawy Flavius Gruian Magnus Jonsson Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication IEEE Access Lightweight authentication Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (IoAV) embedded systems |
| title | Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication |
| title_full | Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication |
| title_fullStr | Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication |
| title_short | Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Securing Internet of Autonomous Vehicles With Lightweight Authentication |
| title_sort | navigating the challenges and opportunities of securing internet of autonomous vehicles with lightweight authentication |
| topic | Lightweight authentication Internet of Autonomous Vehicles (IoAV) embedded systems |
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