Lightweight Polymorphic Encryption for the Data Associated with Constrained Internet of Things Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a very new technology that promises to revolutionize modern networks and commercial/industrial/military operations. To date, there has been no serious and in-depth effort to secure the hardware and data associated with IoT nodes. One of the primary methods of data protection is encryption. Recent advances in encryption include the advent of polymorphic encryption methods that promise protection in both classical and the post-quantum environments (PQE) that can keep IoT data safe. In this paper, we describe hardware implementation of a novel lightweight encryption system with an area estimation of 1893 Gate Equivalent, based on CipherLoc polymorphic encryption for the constrained IoT equipment.