Low-cost authentication paradigm for consumer electronics within the internet of wearable fitness tracking applications

Nowadays, the consumer electronic (CE) market has grown to include smart devices for the Internet of Things. With increased adoption of these smart IoT devices, there is a high demand for safe and secure authentication for the purpose of maintaining effective access control. This paper addresses the concerns of authenticating consumer electronic devices using low-cost methods for implementation within customer healthcare frameworks. Our aim is not only to tackle the security issues related to the malicious behavior of supply chain counterfeit devices but also for establishing a secure architecture platform base for users to authenticate within a consumer electronic network. The proposed low-cost solution implements Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) for device verification and incorporates human behavioral characteristics (Biometrics) for user authorization as a comprehensive co-design method.