Secure Edge-Aided Computations for Social Internet-of-Things Systems

Devices in the Internet-of-Things (IoT) are networked and perform massive computations to support various social IoT systems. Applications in social IoT systems often involve complicated computations that are out of the computation capacity of some resource-constrained IoT devices. Thus, how to enable resource-constrained IoT devices to accomplish complex computations efficiently and securely is of significant importance. To address this problem, we develop a secure edge-aided computation scheme for the social IoT systems. We scope the framework of edge-aided computations and identify the security threats in such a system. We define the security requirements that the outsourcing algorithms should meet. Then, we provide two examples of secure outsourcing algorithms (matrix multiplication and modular exponentiation) that meet the given security requirements. The efficiency and security of the proposed algorithms are supported through the theoretical analysis and experimental results.

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This article addresses the issue of resource-constrained IoT devices being unable to perform complex computations. A secure edge-aided computation scheme is proposed, which includes a framework, identification of security threats, and definition of security requirements. Two secure outsourcing algorithms meeting the requirements (matrix multiplication and modular exponentiation) are provided, with efficiency and security supported by theoretical analysis and experimental results.