Excellence in Research: iMed-Sec: Exploring Hardware-Assisted Solutions for Energy-Efficient Low-Overhead Security and Privacy for the Internet-of-Medical-Things

嵌入电子设备、互联网连接和传感器的物理设备网络的组合，可以通过互联网与他人进行通信和交互，被称为物联网（IoT）。医疗行业基于物联网的框架被称为医疗物联网（IoMT）。除医疗数据隐私外，植入式医疗设备和可穿戴式医疗设备的安全性也是IoMT关注的主要问题之一。对物联网安全使用的迫在眉睫的威胁包括物联网设备易受黑客攻击。该项目将进行研究，探索硬件辅助安全，为IoMT提供低开销、节能的解决方案。iMed-Sec项目的独特之处在于，它是一个统一的多层努力，涉及设备、电路和系统，以实现强大的网络安全。该项目将构建物联网安全课程材料（如模块、培训材料和教学大纲），以推动各种跨学科STEM本科课程，培养学生的智能医疗范式，从而服务于国家利益。iMed-Sec是一种新的统一多层努力，涉及设备、电路和系统，使用安全设计（SbD）范式，用于医疗行业中使用的互联网连接智能系统的节能强大网络安全，通常被称为医疗物联网（IoMT）。该项目将致力于研究将IoMT设备与称为物理不可克隆功能（PUF）的硬件安全原语集成在一起，以便这些原语可用于执行实时安全和隐私功能，而无需使用设备资源，从而确保低开销。基于puf的统一安全和隐私协议在目前的文献中是不可用的。该项目将确定合适的设备技术和电路拓扑，以实现在智能医疗安全和隐私方面有用的强大、节能的puf。该项目将为IoMT设备网络安全带来节能的新协议。该项目将构建IoMT网络安全课程材料（如模块、培训材料和教学大纲），以促进各种跨学科STEM本科课程，在传统黑人学院和大学培养学生的智能医疗范式。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The combination of a network of physical devices embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and sensors, that can communicate and interact with others over the Internet is known as the Internet of Things (IoT). An IoT-based framework for the healthcare industry is called the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). Security of Implantable Medical Devices and Wearable Medical Devices is one of the major concerns of IoMT, in addition to medical data privacy. Imminent threats to the safe use of IoMT include the vulnerability of IoMT-devices to hacking. The project will undertake research to explore Hardware-Assisted Security with low-overhead, energy-efficient solutions for the IoMT. The uniqueness of the iMed-Sec project is a unified multilayer effort involving devices, circuits, and systems for robust cybersecurity. The project will build IoMT security course materials (such as modules, training materials, and syllabi) to boost various interdisciplinary STEM undergraduate curricula to train students in smart healthcare paradigms, thus serving the national interest.iMed-Sec is a novel unified multilayer effort involving devices, circuits, and systems using a Security-by-Design (SbD) paradigm for energy-efficient robust cybersecurity of internet-connected smart systems used in healthcare industry, popularly known as the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). The project will address research to integrate IoMT devices with hardware security primitives called Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF) so that these can be used to perform real-time security and privacy functionalities, without using the resources of the devices, thus ensuring low-overhead. PUF-based unified security and privacy protocols are not available in the current literature. The project will determine appropriate device technology and circuit topologies for robust, energy efficient PUFs useful in smart healthcare security and privacy. The project will result in energy efficient novel protocols for IoMT device cybersecurity. The project will build IoMT cybersecurity course materials (such as modules, training materials, and syllabi) to boost various interdisciplinary STEM undergraduate curricula to train students in smart healthcare paradigms at Historically Black College and Universities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.