IoT Security laboratory (IoTS Lab)

IoT Security laboratory has been implemented using laboratory equipment acquired through the ISSES Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education (CBHE) grant N° 586474-EPP-1-2017-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP project and laboratory software, either open-source or available from the home institution, as stated in the Network Security Laboratory (NS Lab), Cloud Security Laboratory and Critical Infrastructure Security Laboratory design documents (available through ISSES web site).

The equipment procured as part of the Information Security Services Education in Serbia (ISSES) Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education project was installed at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Nis. The equipment consists of two servers (2 x 14C/28T CPU (Xeon Gold 5120, 2.2GHz), 128GB RAM, 4 x 800GB SSD; Total 56 Threads), one L2/L3 switch, Virtual Router Juniper VSRX-100M and one rack. The equipment was installed as a virtualized server cluster using VMware vSphere virtualization technology. Such setup enables the creation of isolated environments with virtual machines configured for students to connect and work independently in lab environments consisting of sets of dedicated (virtual) machines. For the laboratory connectivity towards the internet and the VPN access for all the students, University of Nis – Faculty of Electronic Engineering (UNI/EF) deployed a VPN concentrator.

The following table shows of the equipment installed in the IoTS Laboratory, and the type and short specification of particular equipment.

Type of equipment	Specification	Quantity
Server	2 x 14C/28T CPU (Xeon Gold  5120, 2.2GHz), 128GB RAM, 4 x 800GB SSD, Total 56 Threads	2
Switch L2/L3	Switch Juniper EX2300 -24T L2/L3 24 x 1G + 4 x SFP/SFP+	1
Router	Virtual Router Juniper VSRX-100M	10
Rack	42U	1
PC workstation	CPU Intel Core i7-9700, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 2 x 2TB HDD, GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT730 2GB DDR5 64bit DP, Gigabit Ethernet	1
IoT device	ESP8266 NodeMCU CP2102 ESP-12E Internet WiFi Development Board	5
IoT device	Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, SD Card 16GB	8
IoT kit	Arduino Starter Kit 02	3
IoT sensors	Arduino & Raspberry Pi Sensor Set	3
IoT device extension	Arduino Ethernet Shield W5100	5
IoT device	Arduino Mega2560 R3	2
IoT device extension	Arduino WiFi module	5
IoT device	ESP32 system on a chip microcontrollers, integrated Wi-Fi and dual-mode Bluetooth.	5

The IoTS Lab setup and infrastructure

IoTS Lab servers

Mobile and IoT equipment

Arduino Starter Kit

Collection of sensors for IoT edge devices

IoT infrastructure