A Secure Random Key Distribution Scheme Against Node Replication Attacks in Industrial Wireless Sensor Systems

• Published in: IEEE transactions on industrial informatics Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 2091 - 2101
• Main Authors: Li, Longpeng, Xu, Guangquan, Jiao, Litao, Li, Xiaotong, Wang, Hao, Hu, Jing, Xian, Hequn, Lian, Wenjuan, Gao, Honghao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.03.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Communication system security; Industrial Internet of Things; Informatics; node replication attack; Nodes; random key distribution; Receivers; Remote sensors; Replication; Security; Sensor systems; Wireless communication; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor networks; wireless sensor system (WSS)
• ISSN: 1551-3203; 1941-0050
• DOI: 10.1109/TII.2019.2927296

With the wide deployment of wireless sensor networks in smart industrial systems, lots of unauthorized attacking from the adversary are greatly threatening the security and privacy of the entire industrial systems, of which node replication attacks can hardly be defended, since it is conducted in the physical layer. To solve this problem, we propose a secure random key distribution (SRKD) scheme, which provides a new method for the defense against the attack. Specifically, we combine a localized algorithm with a voting mechanism to support the detection and revocation of malicious nodes. We further change the meaning of the parameter s to help prevent the replication attack. Furthermore, the experimental results show that the detection ratio of replicate nodes exceeds 90% when the number of network nodes reaches 200, which demonstrates the security and effectiveness of our scheme. Compared with existing state-of-the-art schemes, the SRKD scheme also has good storage and communication efficiency.