https://www.mdu.se/

mdu.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Design and Implementation of a Security Manager for WirelessHART Networks
Mälardalen University, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8192-0893
2009 (English)In: Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems, 2009. MASS '09. IEEE 6th International Conference on, 2009, p. 995-1004Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

WirelessHART is the first open standard for wireless sensor networks designed specifically for industrial process automation and control systems. WirelessHART is a secure protocol; however, it relies on a Security Manager for the management of the security keys and the authentication of new devices. The WirelessHART standard does not provide the specification and design of the Security Manager. Also, the security specifications in the standard are not well organized and are dispersed throughout the standard which makes an implementation of the standard more difficult. In this paper we provide the detailed specification and design as well as an implementation of the Security Manager for theWirelessHART standard. We evaluate our security manager against different cryptographic algorithms and measure the latency between the Network Manager and the SecurityManager. Our evaluation shows that the proposed security manager meets theWirelessHART requirements. Our analysis shows that the provided Security Manager is capable of securing both the wireless and wired part of the WirelessHART network.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2009. p. 995-1004
Research subject
Innovation and Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-12284DOI: 10.1109/MOBHOC.2009.5337019ISBN: 978-1-4244-5113-5 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-12284DiVA, id: diva2:418313
Conference
Mobile Adhoc and Sensor Systems, 2009. MASS '09. IEEE 6th International Conference on
Note
(c) 2009 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.Available from: 2011-05-24 Created: 2011-05-21 Last updated: 2019-12-19Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Securing Communication in IP-Connected Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Securing Communication in IP-Connected Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks
2011 (English)Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

With the advent of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and success of wirelesscommunication in the local and personal area networks such asWi-Fi and Bluetoothmore serious efforts to apply standard wireless communication in sensitiveindustrial networks were initiated. This effort resulted in the standardizationof WirelessHART. Other standardization efforts include ISA 100.11a andZigBee. Keeping in mind the nature of wireless communication and sensitivityof industrial environments security of these network gets greater importance.

In this thesis we work on security issues in industrial WSN in general andIP-connected WSN in particular. Currently WirelessHART is the only approvedstandard for secure wireless communication in industrial WSNs. Westart our work with the analysis of security mechanisms in WirelessHART.We propose solutions for the security shortcomings in WirelessHART, and designand implement the missing security components. Particularly, we specify,design, implement, and evaluate the first open security manager for WirelessHARTnetworks.

With the standardization of IP in WSNs (6LoWPAN) and birth of Internetof Things the need for IP communication in industrial WSN is getting importance.The recently proposed ISA 100.11a standard is IP-based since its inception.Also standardization efforts are in progress to apply IP in WirelessHARTand Zigbee. Recently, WSNs and traditional IP networks are more tightly integratedusing IPv6 and 6LoWPAN. We realize the importance of having aninteroperable standardized secure IP communication in industrial WSNs. IPSecurity (IPsec) is a mandatory security solution in IPv6. We propose to useIPsec for 6LoWPAN enabled industrial WSNs. However, it is not meaningfulto use IPsec in its current form in resource constrained WSNs. In additionto providing security solutions for WirelessHART, in this thesis we also specify,design, implement, and extensively evaluate lightweight IPsec that enablesend-to-end secure communication between a node in a 6LoWPAN and a device in the traditional Internet. Our results show that lightweight IPsec is a sensibleand practical solution for securing WSN.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Västerås: Mälardalen University, 2011
Series
Mälardalen University Press Licentiate Theses, ISSN 1651-9256 ; 135
Keywords
Wireless Sensor Networks, Security, 6LoWPAN, IPsec, WirelessHART
National Category
Computer Sciences
Research subject
Computer Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-12261 (URN)978-91-7485-021-5 (ISBN)
Presentation
2011-06-13, Kappa, Mälardalen University, Västerås, 13:15 (English)
Opponent
Supervisors
Available from: 2011-05-24 Created: 2011-05-16 Last updated: 2019-12-19Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(3194 kB)1044 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 3194 kBChecksum SHA-512
03dc2d538ec613147096476f6e931184a90729a4935ab088e4cda6fddf092755f82cadff3307d44c5e0684d84bea74876c531d517f9c702ec4234c50a140f550
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Other links

Publisher's full text

Authority records

Raza, Shahid

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Raza, Shahid
By organisation
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 1044 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

doi
isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

doi
isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 214 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf