Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation
The automatic identification system (AIS), despite its importance in worldwide navigation at sea, does not provide any defence mechanisms against deliberate misuse, e.g., by sea pirates, terrorists, business adversaries, or smugglers. Previous work has proposed an international maritime identity-bas...
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| description | The automatic identification system (AIS), despite its importance in worldwide navigation at sea, does not provide any defence mechanisms against deliberate misuse, e.g., by sea pirates, terrorists, business adversaries, or smugglers. Previous work has proposed an international maritime identity-based cryptographic infrastructure (mIBC) as the foundation upon which the offer of advanced security capabilities for the conventional AIS can be built. The proposed secure AIS (SecAIS) does not require any modifications to the existing AIS infrastructure, which can still be used for normal operations. Security-enhanced AIS messages enjoying source authentication, encryption, and legitimate pseudo-anonymization can be handled on an as-needed basis. This paper reports on a proof-of-concept implementation of the SecAIS. Specifically, we report on the implementation of the SecAIS over an mIBC founded on the RFC6507 (ECCSI) and the RFC6508 (SAKKE) standards, and we discuss the results of performance tests with this implementation. The tests indicate that the SecAIS is a feasible solution that does not affect the conventional AIS infrastructure and has an affordable operational cost. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fd9443b03594b51aadfdd3cfd7ba7332023-11-23T17:23:12ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122022-06-0110680510.3390/jmse10060805Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept ImplementationAthanasios Goudosis0Sokratis Katsikas1Systems Security Laboratory, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, 18532 Piraeus, GreeceDepartment of Information Security and Communication Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2802 Gjøvik, NorwayThe automatic identification system (AIS), despite its importance in worldwide navigation at sea, does not provide any defence mechanisms against deliberate misuse, e.g., by sea pirates, terrorists, business adversaries, or smugglers. Previous work has proposed an international maritime identity-based cryptographic infrastructure (mIBC) as the foundation upon which the offer of advanced security capabilities for the conventional AIS can be built. The proposed secure AIS (SecAIS) does not require any modifications to the existing AIS infrastructure, which can still be used for normal operations. Security-enhanced AIS messages enjoying source authentication, encryption, and legitimate pseudo-anonymization can be handled on an as-needed basis. This paper reports on a proof-of-concept implementation of the SecAIS. Specifically, we report on the implementation of the SecAIS over an mIBC founded on the RFC6507 (ECCSI) and the RFC6508 (SAKKE) standards, and we discuss the results of performance tests with this implementation. The tests indicate that the SecAIS is a feasible solution that does not affect the conventional AIS infrastructure and has an affordable operational cost.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/6/805Automatic Identification System (AIS)e-navigationmaritime securityidentity-based encryption/cryptography |
| spellingShingle | Athanasios Goudosis Sokratis Katsikas Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Automatic Identification System (AIS) e-navigation maritime security identity-based encryption/cryptography |
| title | Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation |
| title_full | Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation |
| title_fullStr | Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation |
| title_short | Secure Automatic Identification System (SecAIS): Proof-of-Concept Implementation |
| title_sort | secure automatic identification system secais proof of concept implementation |
| topic | Automatic Identification System (AIS) e-navigation maritime security identity-based encryption/cryptography |
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