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Security architecture of a LoRaWAN based IOT infrastructure – Case study for cybersecurity education

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

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Arlington, Virginia

Publication Date

March 12, 2023

Start Date

March 12, 2023

End Date

March 14, 2023

Conference Session

Computer Science

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Page Count

13

DOI

10.18260/1-2--45039

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https://peer.asee.org/45039

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Ciprian Popoviciu East Carolina University Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0003-2084-2240

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Dr. Ciprian Popoviciu has over 25 years of experience working in various technical and leadership roles in the IT industry. He founded and led the first company to enable OpenStack for IPv6 and deployed the first IPv6 only OpenStack cloud in production. He is an industry recognized domain expert in IPv6 who, over the past 22 years worked on the strategy, architecture, implementation and validation of IPv6 adoption by large service providers and enterprises Worldwide. Ciprian worked with various governments on defining national level and agency level IPv6 strategies and standards. He also worked with product and test teams on specific IPv6 features and roadmaps towards IPv6 readiness. Ciprian authored two IPv6 books: “Deploying IPv6 Networks” and “Global IPv6 Strategies”. He co-authored 5 IPv6 related IETF RFCs and multiple IPv6 related patents and he contributed to multiple technology and scientific publications.. Ciprian is an IPv6 Forum Fellow and for the past 15 years, he served as a subject matter expert for the European Commission on Next Generation Infrastructure and Security. Ciprian is currently an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University where his research is focused on IOT and cybersecurity. He is also the director of the Center for IOT Engineering an Innovation.

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Sohan Gyawali East Carolina University

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Dr. Sohan Gyawali is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems, East Carolina University. He received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in 2020. His research interests include misbehavior detection, cybersecurity, cellular based vehicular communications, machine learning and intelligent transportation systems. He is a member of the IEEE and IEEE communications society.

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Colby Lee Sawyer East Carolina University

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Current Software Engineering MS Student at East Carolina University

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Abstract

The department of Technology Systems at East Carolina University deployed a multi-campus, Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) infrastructure to facilitate Internet of Things (IoT) experimentation in support of education, research and facilities support. The infrastructure aims to demonstrate the concept of Campus as a Lab and it was architected to be modular, with components being developed internally and components supported by external, off-the-shelf products and services. This architectural approach intends to keep the door open to innovation in every aspect of the end-to-end service while shortening time to capability. The approach to building the environment and the capabilities it offers represent a good opportunity to educate students with cybersecurity concentrations on how to secure modern, hybrid infrastructures and to see in practice the implications of various security choices. In this paper, we discuss the case study resulting from analyzing the security stance of this hybrid educational environment built across multiple OSI layers and across multiple device types, services and administrative domains. This case study along with practical examples developed for this IoT infrastructure were incorporated in the Information Assurance and Intrusion Detection courses delivered in the ICT program at ECU. This is paper aims to provide a template for using the Campus as a Lab concept in cybersecurity education.

Popoviciu, C., & Gyawali, S., & Sawyer, C. L. (2023, March), Security architecture of a LoRaWAN based IOT infrastructure – Case study for cybersecurity education Paper presented at ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Arlington, Virginia. 10.18260/1-2--45039

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