Towards a Green and Secure Architecture for Reconfigurable IoT End-Devices

Abstract

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), objects are becoming smaller, smarter and increasingly connected. IoT devices are being deployed in massive numbers, and the success of this new Internet era is heavily dependent upon the trust and security built over billions of heterogeneous devices. However, securing IoT devices can be a quandary, with hardware requirements, energy consumption and cost limitations pulling in opposite directions. This work-in-progress proposes a novel architecture for reconfigurable IoT end-devices, where several constrains, such as the security, performance and power budget must be seriously considered. The proposed architecture intends to go beyond state-of-the-art by focusing on a trade-off between device security and power consumption, in an attempt to find an optimal design point in the energy-security space.