Visible to the public A Middleware for Secure Integration of Heterogeneous Edge Devices

TitleA Middleware for Secure Integration of Heterogeneous Edge Devices
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsDesuert, Arthur, Chollet, Stéphanie, Pion, Laurent, Hely, David
Conference Name2022 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Communications (EDGE)
Date Publishedjul
KeywordsComputational modeling, Computer architecture, Data collection, Gain control, human factors, IoT, Metrics, middleware, Modeling, pervasive applications, Pervasive Computing Security, Protocols, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, Scalability, security
AbstractConnected devices are being deployed at a steady rate, providing services like data collection. Pervasive applications rely on those edge devices to seamlessly provide services to users. To connect applications and edge devices, using a middleware has been a popular approach. The research is active on the subject as there are many open challenges. The secure management of the edge devices and the security of the middleware are two of them. As security is a crucial requirement for pervasive environment, we propose a middleware architecture easing the secure use of edge devices for pervasive applications, while supporting the heterogeneity of communication protocols and the dynamism of devices. Because of the heterogeneity in protocols and security features, not all edge devices are equally secure. To allow the pervasive applications to gain control over this heterogeneous security, we propose a model to describe edge devices security. This model is accessible by the applications through our middleware. To validate our work, we developed a demonstrator of our middleware and we tested it in a concrete scenario.
NotesISSN: 2767-9918
DOI10.1109/EDGE55608.2022.00023
Citation Keydesuert_middleware_2022