Next Generation Lightweight Cryptography for Smart IoT Devices: Implementation, Challenges and Applications
Conference Proceeding
Gunathilake, N. A., Buchanan, W. J., & Asif, R. (2019)
Next Generation Lightweight Cryptography for Smart IoT Devices: Implementation, Challenges and Applications. https://doi.org/10.1109/WF-IoT.2019.8767250
High/ultra-high speed data connections are currently being developed, and by the year 2020, it is expected that the 5th generation networking (5GN) should be much smarter. It ...
Experimental High Speed Data Encryption via SDM-CV-QKD Signaling for High-Capacity Access Network
Conference Proceeding
Asif, R., Haithem, M., & Buchanan, W. J. (2018)
Experimental High Speed Data Encryption via SDM-CV-QKD Signaling for High-Capacity Access Network. In Advanced Photonics Networkshttps://doi.org/10.1364/networks.2018.neth2f.3
We report a high capacity Quantum-to-the-Home (QTTH) network in a spatialdivision-multiplexing (SDM) network utilizing 7-core multicore fiber (MCF). Aggregate secure key rates...
Securing Cloud Hypervisors: A Survey of the Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures
Journal Article
Barrowclough, J. P., & Asif, R. (2018)
Securing Cloud Hypervisors: A Survey of the Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Countermeasures. Security and Communication Networks, 2018, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1681908
The exponential rise of the cloud computing paradigm has led to the cybersecurity concerns, taking into account the fact that the resources are shared and mediated by a ‘hyper...
Lightweight cryptography methods
Journal Article
Buchanan, W. J., Li, S., & Asif, R. (2018)
Lightweight cryptography methods. Journal of Cyber Security Technology, 1(3-4), 187-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/23742917.2017.1384917
While our conventional cryptography methods, such for AES (encryption), SHA-256 (hashing) and RSA/Elliptic Curve (signing), work well on systems which have reasonable processi...
Quantum Encrypted Signals on Multiuser Optical Fiber Networks: Simulation Analysis of Next Generation Services and Technologies
Conference Proceeding
Asif, R. (2017)
Quantum Encrypted Signals on Multiuser Optical Fiber Networks: Simulation Analysis of Next Generation Services and Technologies. In NoF 2017 Conference Proceedingshttps://doi.org/10.1109/NOF.2017.8251243
Data encryption is gaining much attention these days from the research community and industry for transmitting secure information over access networks, i.e. 'fiber-to-the-home...
Quantum-to-the-Home: Achieving Gbits/s Secure Key Rates via Commercial Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Equipment
Journal Article
Asif, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2017)
Quantum-to-the-Home: Achieving Gbits/s Secure Key Rates via Commercial Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Equipment. Security and Communication Networks, 2017, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7616847
There is current significant interest in Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks, i.e. end-to-end optical connectivity. Currently, it may be limited due to the presence of last-mile...
Seamless Cryptographic Key Generation via Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Components for End-to-End Data Encryption
Conference Proceeding
Asif, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2017)
Seamless Cryptographic Key Generation via Off-the-Shelf Telecommunication Components for End-to-End Data Encryption. In International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings-2017)https://doi.org/10.1109/iThings-GreenCom-CPSCom-SmartData.2017.140
Quantum key distribution (QKD) systems have already attained much attention for providing end-to-end data encryption to the subscribers. However, it is very important that the...
10Gbit/s mode-multiplexed QPSK transmission using MDM-to-MFDM based single coherent receiver for intra- and inter data center networking
Journal Article
Asif, R., & Haithem, M. (2017)
10Gbit/s mode-multiplexed QPSK transmission using MDM-to-MFDM based single coherent receiver for intra- and inter data center networking. Optics Communications, 391, 106-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2017.01.022
Generalized few-mode-fiber (FMF) transmission uses N coherent receivers for mode detection, where N scales with the number of fiber modes. Multiple coherent receivers increase...