Tamper mitigation scheme for locally powered smart devices

A computer-implemented method of operating a locally powered smart device comprising, the method comprising:

• controlling, using a processor, a sensor and an energy storage of the smart device to perform multiple iterations of a tamper mitigation process;
• wherein each of the multiple iterations of the tamper mitigation process comprises an authentication process comprising the transmission of authentication communications between the sensor and the energy storage;
• and
• initiating, using the processor, an anti-tampering protocol based at least in part on a determination, by the processor, that the authentication process was unsuccessful.

A computer program product for operating a locally powered smart device, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the program code is executable by a processor to implement operations comprising:

• controlling a sensor and an energy storage of the smart device to perform multiple iterations of a tamper mitigation process;
• wherein each of the multiple iterations of the tamper mitigation process comprises an authentication process comprising the transmission of authentication communications between the sensor and the energy storage;
• and
• initiating an anti-tampering protocol based at least in part on a determination that the authentication process was unsuccessful.