A Cyber-Security Prototype Module for Smart Bikes

The Internet of Things (IoT) applications have been explored extensively in the past years due to multiple factors, notably advancements in hardware and software. Nevertheless, IoT devices are still vulnerable to attacks because of their nature, e.g.: lower computation, storage, and network capacities. IoT is considered the cornerstone of the smart city paradigm. ITS-Intelligent Transportation Systems is one major component of a smart city and, in turn, Smart Bikes have become an unavoidable environmentally friendly means within ITS. The way the different entities of an ITS communicate and how their communications are secured is a main issue that is being addressed by researchers in multiple different approaches. In this paper, a cyber-security system that utilizes pre-existing encryption methods to implement a secured real-time double hybrid encryption algorithm is pro-posed. As an illustrative example, the system proposed is applied to a Smart autonomous bike prototype for encryption during the data transfer between the bike and the different surrounding elements in its environment.