Lightweight security principles for distributed multimedia based sensor networks

This paper investigates the application of multimedia security principles for the protection of emerging distributed sensor networks (DSNs). The authors assert that for DSNs to be successfully deployed in a variety of applications, security development must become an inherent part of the overall DSN system design process. In particular, we argue that multimedia security principles provide an effective means for lightweight protection that is compatible with distributed in-network processing. We propose a novel low-cost secure data converter architecture for DSNs that has fingerprinting and encryption capabilities.