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LightWeight energy-efficient Block Cipher based on DNA cryptography to secure data in internet of medical things devices

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The purpose of this study is to secure data in internet of medical things (IoMT) environment while saving energy to improve objects lifetime. Therefore, a new LightWeight energy-efficient Block Cipher based on DNA cryptography named LWBC_DNA is proposed in this paper. This cipher combines both DNA and lightweight cryptography and uses a hybrid Substitution Permutation Network and Feistel Network structure. LWBC_DNA cipher encrypts blocks of 64 bits under a key of only 16 bits through 16 iterative rounds using simple operations such as concatenation, XOR, and XNOR in order to produce a 32-bit ciphertext. Performance and security evaluation proved that LWBC_DNA cipher provides excellent security performance and satisfies IoMT devices requirements in terms of simplicity, storage space, and energy consumption. Besides, security analysis confirms that the LWBC_DNA cipher is very powerful against various cryptographic attacks.

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  1. Entropy is an indicator of information randomness. It is used to measure the randomness of data after encryption.

  2. NPCR (Number of Changing Pixel Rate) and UACI (Unified Averaged Changed Intensity) are the two most common factors used to evaluate the strength of image encryption ciphers.

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    Nabila Zitouni, Maamar Sedrati & Amel Behaz

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Zitouni, N., Sedrati, M. & Behaz, A. LightWeight energy-efficient Block Cipher based on DNA cryptography to secure data in internet of medical things devices. Int. j. inf. tecnol. 16, 967–977 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-023-01580-5

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