Improved RSA with Enhanced Security on STM32 @ 84MHz

Abstract

Enhanced computations resulted in the evolution of cyber-physical systems (CPS). These systems are highly vulnerable to security threats. This work addresses the security concerns for a reliable CPS in the Internet of Things (IoT) through an improvised RSA with enhanced security features. The proposed method renders data throughput encryption at 11.67[Formula: see text]Kbps with an overall average execution time of 0.02[Formula: see text]s. The proposed algorithm exhibits the unique feature of being asymmetric, lightweight & enhanced security owing to randomization (average entropy of 0.98). The performance metrics of the proposed method are compared with other state-of-art techniques. This algorithm is implemented on commercially competent architecture STM32F401RET6 with cortex M4 processor running @ 84[Formula: see text]MHz. The proposed encryption method exhibits great features thus making it a potential real-world solution.