Lightweight security Mechanism for IoT Applications using Substitution-Box

In recent times the use of small computing devices for gathering information from the real world is increasing day by day. The devices like wireless sensors, RIFD tags, embedded devices and IoT devices are required to transmit huge amounts of confidential data for monitoring and controlling. IoT applications have now become an important factor across various industries. That is why the security of IoT device is always been an important issue, because they transmit private and sensitive data. For handling the security issue cryptography is one the way for handling the security issues of IoT devices but sometimes cryptographic algorithms are cracked and as well as very costly. Lightweight cryptography requires less memory and less computational cost. Substitution box is a very useful concept in generating the lightweight cryptographic algorithm that provide robust security in the process of encryption. This study produces lightweight cryptographic encryption and decryption algorithm with the help of substitution boxes. The provided scheme not only provides the encryption procedure but also generating a flexible key structure which enhances the security for IoT devices where lightweight image encryption is crucial. The provided technique will be beneficial for those places where confidential public data has to be secured. The aim of this paper is to recommend effective original and straightforward techniques of encryption and decryption by using the substitution box. Experimental results show the efficiency of the suggested technique in terms of execution time and throughput.