Connectivity framework having session layer security for embedded secure connectivity

An apparatus comprising:

• a computing device comprising one or more processors, multiple peripheral communication devices of different communication protocol types operably connected to the one or more processors, and a memory storing processor-executable instructions to implement an application layer protocol stack in an application layer of the computing device, the application layer protocol stack to provide a connectivity framework to:
• perform secure session establishment processing for respective ones of secure communication sessions with respective destination devices via respective ones of the multiple peripheral communication devices, the secure session establishment processing comprising exchanging messages according to a mutual authentication and key exchange protocol to establish the respective secure communication sessions with the respective destination devices, the mutual authentication and key exchange protocol being common across the multiple peripheral communication devices;
• and
• process messages exchanged with the respective destination devices via the respective ones of the multiple peripheral communication devices according to a predetermined messaging protocol, the predetermined messaging protocol being common across the multiple peripheral communication devices.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising:

• instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device having multiple peripheral communication devices, cause the computing device to implement an application layer protocol stack in an application layer of the computing device, the application layer protocol stack to provide a connectivity framework to:
• perform secure session establishment processing for respective ones of secure communication sessions with respective destination devices via respective ones of the multiple peripheral communication devices, the secure session establishment processing comprising exchanging messages according to a mutual authentication and key exchange protocol to establish the respective secure communication sessions with the respective destination devices;
• process messages exchanged with the respective destination devices via the respective ones of the multiple peripheral communication devices according to a predetermined messaging protocol;
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• process subsequent messages exchanged with the respective destination devices within the respective secure communication sessions according to the predetermined messaging protocol, including at least one of encrypting and decrypting the subsequent messages using one or more session keys derived from the mutual authentication and key exchange protocol.