Secure Firmware Updates for IoT: A Survey

Antti Kolehmainen

doi:10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00051

Secure Firmware Updates for IoT: A Survey

Antti Kolehmainen

Computing Sciences

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14 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The evolution of the Internet to an ubiquitous computing environment where massive amounts of devices will be connected. Sharing, receiving and acting upon data has brought in a problem of security. There are as many firmware and software update procedures as there are manufacturers. Therefore it would be good if a common solution could be found. We looked for suitable mechanisms in the past three years, to be used in Internet of Things networks as well as an up and coming research and standardization work. Our findings show that there indeed are good options for firmware update mechanisms that use state-of-The-Art technologies to deliver updates in a secure manner. While not all the mechanisms were specifically targeting deployment scenarios found in the Internet of Things, we still believe the concept of such update mechanism is suitable also for IoT use and thus can be adapted trivially to IoT networks and devices. We also propose a generic four-element model for secure firmware updates.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics
Subtitle of host publication	2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	112-117
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538679753
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00051
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things - Halifax, Canada Duration: 30 Jul 2018 → 3 Aug 2018

Conference

Conference	IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Halifax
Period	30/07/18 → 3/08/18

Keywords

Firmware updates
IoT
Lifecycle Management

Publication forum classification

Publication forum level 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems and Management
Health Informatics
Communication

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Kolehmainen, A. (2018). Secure Firmware Updates for IoT: A Survey. In Proceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics: 2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018 (pp. 112-117). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00051

Kolehmainen, Antti. / Secure Firmware Updates for IoT : A Survey. Proceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics: 2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018. IEEE, 2018. pp. 112-117

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Kolehmainen, A 2018, Secure Firmware Updates for IoT: A Survey. in Proceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics: 2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018. IEEE, pp. 112-117, IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, Halifax, Canada, 30/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00051

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Kolehmainen A. Secure Firmware Updates for IoT: A Survey. In Proceedings - IEEE 2018 International Congress on Cybermatics: 2018 IEEE Conferences on Internet of Things, Green Computing and Communications, Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, Smart Data, Blockchain, Computer and Information Technology, iThings/GreenCom/CPSCom/SmartData/Blockchain/CIT 2018. IEEE. 2018. p. 112-117 doi: 10.1109/Cybermatics_2018.2018.00051

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