Lightweight Cryptography Algorithms for Resource-Constrained IoT Devices: A Review, Comparison and Research Opportunities

@article{Thakor2021LightweightCA,
  title={Lightweight Cryptography Algorithms for Resource-Constrained IoT Devices: A Review, Comparison and Research Opportunities},
  author={Vishal A. Thakor and Mohammad Abdur Razzaque and Muhammad R. A. Khandaker},
  journal={IEEE Access},
  year={2021},
  volume={9},
  pages={28177-28193}
}
IoT is becoming more common and popular due to its wide range of applications in various domains. They collect data from the real environment and transfer it over the networks. There are many challenges while deploying IoT in a real-world, varying from tiny sensors to servers. Security is considered as the number one challenge in IoT deployments, as most of the IoT devices are physically accessible in the real world and many of them are limited in resources (such as energy, memory, processing… 
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