ELITE: Efficient and Secure Machine Learning for Intelligent Perception in Smart Road Infrastructure
摘要
In the realm of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), securing Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) poses a critical challenge, particularly in ensuring confidentiality and integrity amidst potential attacks and unauthorized access. This paper presents ELITE, a distributed approach enhancing security and computational efficiency for V2X applications. ELITE partitions DNNs used in Roadside Units (RSUs) between the RSU (edge device) equipped with a Hardware Security Module (HSM) and the cloud, with specific layers processed within a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). By leveraging public-key encryption protocols, ELITE facilitates secure model distribution and inference. Real-time integrity verification is conducted with the Zymkey HSM at the RSU while selective processing on the AWS Nitro Enclave offers enhanced security. Experimental results show that ELITE reduces inference time by 45.73% compared to solely cloud-based processing while maintaining high accuracy with the correct encryption key. This distributed approach balances security and efficiency, mitigating risks of unauthorized access and preserving model integrity within DNN-enabled V2X roadside services.