Unit IoT and OT SECURITY

Course
Informatics
Study-unit Code
A004651
Curriculum
Artificial intelligence
Teacher
Leonardo Mostarda
Teachers
  • Leonardo Mostarda
Hours
  • 52 ore - Leonardo Mostarda
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2025/26
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
INF/01
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
English
Contents
Introduction to IoT
Basic definitions, security and protocols
Physic and data-link layer for IoT systems
Networking for IoT
Protocols, standard and security
IoT and application Layer standard
IoT security and research directions
OT security at glance
Laboratories

Reference texts
Simone Cirani, Gianluigi Ferrari, Marco Picone, Luca Veltri. Internet of Things Architectures, Protocols and Standards. Wiley
B. B. Gupta, Aakanksha Tewari. A Beginner’s Guide to Internet of Things Security. Taylor and Francis
Smita Jain, Vasantha Lakshmi. IoT and OT Security Handbook. Packt Publishing
Educational objectives
Critically discuss and understand IoT basic concepts and protocols
Understand and be critically aware of IoT security threats and the available security mechanisms for combating security threats
Critically discuss and understand the concepts of Lightweight Cryptography and Key Management for IoT.
Critically discuss and understand the privacy issues and current solutions for IoT systems
Understand how to build secure IoT application
Prerequisites
None
Teaching methods
- Lectures (ppt presentations)
- Seminars (questions and answers session)
Other information
None
Learning verification modality
Written exam
Extended program

Introduction to IoT
Course Information: Resources, Labs and Exam
What is the Internet of Things
Applications
Home and Building Automation
Smart Cities
Smart Grids
Industrial IoT
Smart Farming
Basic definitions, security and protocols

IoT and energy efficiency
Devices
Security and IoT
Security mechanisms in IoT
Cryptography e Key management
Privacy

Physic and data-link layer for IoT systems
Physical layer
Traditional Mac layer
Energy efficient Mac layer for IoT

Networking for IoT
Routing for mesh network
Clustering protocols

Protocols, standard and security
IEEE 802.15.4 and its security
Zigbee and its security
Bluetooth and its security
6LOWPAN and its security
IoT and application Layer standard
MQTT and its security
COAP and its security
IoT security and research directions
OT security at glance
Laboratories
Arduino
ESP32
Raspberry PI
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Si
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