Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks
The design and implementation of secure IoT platforms and software solutions represent both a required functional feature and a performance acceptance factor nowadays. This paper describes relevant cybersecurity problems considered during the proposed microservices architecture development. Service...
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| description | The design and implementation of secure IoT platforms and software solutions represent both a required functional feature and a performance acceptance factor nowadays. This paper describes relevant cybersecurity problems considered during the proposed microservices architecture development. Service composition mechanisms and their security are affected by the underlying hardware components and networks. The overall speedup of the platforms, which are implemented using the new 5G networks, and the capabilities of new performant IoT devices may be wasted by an inadequate combination of authentication services and security mechanisms, by the architectural misplacing of the encryption services, or by the inappropriate subsystems scaling. Considering the emerging microservices platforms, the Spring Boot alternative is used to implement data generation services, IoT sensor reading services, IoT actuators control services, and authentication services, and ultimately assemble them into a secure microservices architecture. Furthermore, considering the designed architecture, relevant security aspects related to the medical and energy domains are analyzed and discussed. Based on the proposed architectural concept, it is shown that well-designed and orchestrated architectures that consider the proper security aspects and their functional influence can lead to stable and secure implementations of the end user’s software platforms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2c30df9c7ac400fa1217cf0aa1b7e3d2023-12-02T00:54:05ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202022-12-0123118910.3390/s23010189Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile NetworksConstantin Lucian Aldea0Razvan Bocu1Anca Vasilescu2Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brașov, RomaniaDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brașov, RomaniaDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500036 Brașov, RomaniaThe design and implementation of secure IoT platforms and software solutions represent both a required functional feature and a performance acceptance factor nowadays. This paper describes relevant cybersecurity problems considered during the proposed microservices architecture development. Service composition mechanisms and their security are affected by the underlying hardware components and networks. The overall speedup of the platforms, which are implemented using the new 5G networks, and the capabilities of new performant IoT devices may be wasted by an inadequate combination of authentication services and security mechanisms, by the architectural misplacing of the encryption services, or by the inappropriate subsystems scaling. Considering the emerging microservices platforms, the Spring Boot alternative is used to implement data generation services, IoT sensor reading services, IoT actuators control services, and authentication services, and ultimately assemble them into a secure microservices architecture. Furthermore, considering the designed architecture, relevant security aspects related to the medical and energy domains are analyzed and discussed. Based on the proposed architectural concept, it is shown that well-designed and orchestrated architectures that consider the proper security aspects and their functional influence can lead to stable and secure implementations of the end user’s software platforms.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/1/189cybersecurityIoTmicroservices architecture5G networkenergy monitoring |
| spellingShingle | Constantin Lucian Aldea Razvan Bocu Anca Vasilescu Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks Sensors cybersecurity IoT microservices architecture 5G network energy monitoring |
| title | Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks |
| title_full | Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks |
| title_fullStr | Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks |
| title_short | Relevant Cybersecurity Aspects of IoT Microservices Architectures Deployed over Next-Generation Mobile Networks |
| title_sort | relevant cybersecurity aspects of iot microservices architectures deployed over next generation mobile networks |
| topic | cybersecurity IoT microservices architecture 5G network energy monitoring |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/1/189 |
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