Ubiquitous Secure Interactions with Intelligent Artifacts on the Internet-of-Things

Intelligent artifacts are real-world objects enhanced with capabilities in order to display relevant behavior in various types of context-aware applications, such as in mHealth, commerce, or pervasive games. This can be achieved by attaching sensors and store associated information on the Internet. Interaction with such artifacts requires secure communication, to protect personal and private information. This mandates research in how to safeguard interactions via heterogeneous means of communication involving interconnected local and non-local artifacts. In response to these challenges, this paper presents key schemes to secure interaction via heterogeneous means of communication. In conclusion, the architecture can securely authenticate an intelligent artifact as well as securely exchange sensor information with other authenticated artifacts attached in an overlay. Our proof-of-concept application demonstrated in an Internet-of-Things platform validates the approach.