Improving Unlinkability in C-ITS: A Methodology For Optimal Obfuscation

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Contributors

  • Yevhen Zolotavkin - , Barkhausen Institut (Author)
  • Yurii Baryshev - , Vinnytsia National Technical University (Author)
  • Vitalii Lukichov - , Vinnytsia National Technical University (Author)
  • Jannik Mahn - , Barkhausen Institut (Author)
  • Stefan Kopsell - , Barkhausen Institut (Author)

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a new methodology to provide high assurance about privacy in Cooperative Intelli gent Transport Systems (C-ITS). Our focus lies on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications enabled by Cooperative Awareness Basic Service. Our research motivation is developed based on the analysis of unlinkability provision methods indicating a lack of such methods. To address this, we propose a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) to express unlinkability for the situation where two vehicles are communicating with a Roadside Unit (RSU) using Cooperative Awareness Messages (CAMs). Our HMM has labeled states specifying distinct origins of the CAMs observable by a passive attacker. We then establish that high assurance about the degree of uncertainty (e.g.. entropy) about labeled states can be obtained for the attacker under the assumption that he knows actual positions of the vehicles (e.g.. hidden states in HMM). We further demonstrate how unlinkability can be increased in C-ITS: we propose a joint probability distribution that both drivers must use to obfuscate their actual data jointly. This obfuscated data is then encapsulated in their CAMs. Finally, our findings are incorporated into an obfuscation algorithm whose complexity is linear in the number of discrete time steps in the HMM.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICISSP 2023 - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy
EditorsPaolo Mori, Gabriele Lenzini, Steven Furnell
PublisherScience and Technology Publications, Lda
Pages677-685
Number of pages9
ISBN (print)9789897586248
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

SeriesInternational Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (ICISSP)

Conference

Title9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy
Abbreviated titleICISSP 2023
Conference number9
Duration22 - 24 February 2023
Website
CityLisbon
CountryPortugal

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0466-562X/work/159607940

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cybersecurity, Entropy, Hidden Markov Model, Obfuscation, Privacy, Unlinkability, V2X