Autonomous Key Management (AKM) Security Architecture for Vehicle and IoT Applications

This paper discusses the merits, benefits and usage of autonomous key management (with implicit authentication) (AKM) solutions for securing ECU-to-ECU communication within the connected vehicle and IoT applications; particularly for transmissions between externally exposed, edge ECU sensors connected to ECUs within the connected vehicle infrastructure. Specific benefits addressed include reductions of communication latency, implementation complexity, processing power and energy consumption. Implementation issues discussed include provisioning, key rotation, synchronization, re-synchronization, digital signatures and enabling high entropy.