Emmanuel Sarkodie Akrasi

• The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technology interconnects billions of embedded devices with each other. These embedded devices are internet-enabled, which collect, share, and analyze data without any human interventions. The integration of IoT technology into the human environment, such as industries, agriculture, and health sectors, is expected to improve the way of life and businesses. The emerging technology possesses challenges and numerous security threats. On these grounds, it is a must to strengthen the security of IoT technology to avoid any compromise, which affects human life. In contrast to implementing traditional cryptosystems on IoT devices, an elliptic curve cryptosystem (ECC) is used to meet the limited resources of the devices. ECC is an elliptic curve-based public-key cryptography which provides equivalent security with shorter key size compared to other cryptosystems such as Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA). The security of an ECC hinges on the hardness to solve the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem (ECDLP). ECC is faster and easier to implement and also consumes less power and bandwidth. ECC is incorporated in internationally recognized standards for lightweight applications due to the benefits ECC provides.