Issues and Concerns in Security of Cloud Environment in Internet of Things

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 4374-4378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakshi Anand ◽  
Avinash Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Way

Internet of Things (IoT) is a permeative affair that is gaining heights with every passing day thus changing the way society has been living till now. Living in an era where every “thing” will be connected to the Internet is no more a dream. Now we can see people using IoT on daily basis like in the field of education, agriculture, transportation, healthcare, science and many more. Ranging from smart watches to automated machines in industries people have started using IoT for both personal and commercial purposes. With the talk of linking devices to the Internet comes the concept of Cloud. Before IoT was revolutionized, the main purpose of Cloud was to act upon relentless task involving factors like scalability, elasticity, adaptability and multitenancy. But as Internet of Things started gaining heights, there was a need to fulfill the demand of responding and managing issues and outcomes on the go, thus enhancing the features of Cloud making it omnipresent, nimble and flexible on demand. Now remotely tasks such as configuring, reviewing, updating, accessing the condition, extracting data etc. on IoT devices can be easily performed. But this added ease from the IoT Cloud exposed the IoT devices to various risks. In this paper we will be discussing different security issues that arise in IoT devices if the IoT Cloud gets compromised.

scholarly journals It’s only the beginning: Metadata Retention laws and the Internet of Things

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Clinton Fernandes ◽  
Vijay Sivaraman
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Apparent Discrepancy ◽  
Data Retention ◽  
User Control ◽  
The Law ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
The Way

This article examines the implications of selected aspects of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015, which was passed by the Australian Parliament in March 2015. It shows how the new law has strengthened protections for privacy. However, focusing on the investigatory implications, it shows how the law provides a tactical advantage to investigators who pursue whistleblowers and investigative journalists. The article exposes an apparent discrepancy in the way ‘journalist’ is defined across different pieces of legislation. It argues that although legislators’ interest has been overwhelmingly focused on communications data, the explosion of data generated by the so-called Internet-of-Things (IoT) is as important or more. It shows how the sensors in selected IoT devices lead to a loss of user control and will enable non-stop, involuntary and ubiquitous monitoring of individuals. It suggests that the law will need to be amended further once legislators and investigators’ knowledge of the potential of IoT increases. 

Healthcare-Internet of Things and Its Components

2021 ◽  
pp. 258-277
Author(s):  
Aman Tyagi
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Fog Computing ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Iot Security ◽  
Global Epidemic ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Iot Devices

Elderly population in the Asian countries is increasing at a very fast rate. Lack of healthcare resources and infrastructure in many countries makes the task of provding proper healthcare difficult. Internet of things (IoT) in healthcare can address the problem effectively. Patient care is possible at home using IoT devices. IoT devices are used to collect different types of data. Various algorithms may be used to analyse data. IoT devices are connected to the internet and all the data of the patients with various health reports are available online and hence security issues arise. IoT sensors, IoT communication technologies, IoT gadgets, components of IoT, IoT layers, cloud and fog computing, benefits of IoT, IoT-based algorithms, IoT security issues, and IoT challenges are discussed in the chapter. Nowadays global epidemic COVID19 has demolished the economy and health services of all the countries worldwide. Usefulness of IoT in COVID19-related issues is explained here.

scholarly journals Detecting IoT Devices and How They Put Large Heterogeneous Networks at Security Risk

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 4107
Author(s):  
Sharad Agarwal ◽  
Pascal Oser ◽  
Stefan Lueders
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Nuclear Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
European Organization ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Large Scale Network ◽  
The World ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Way

The introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT), i.e., the interconnection of embedded devices over the Internet, has changed the world we live in from the way we measure, make calls, print information and even the way we get energy in our offices or homes. The convenience of IoT products, like closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, internet protocol (IP) phones, and oscilloscopes, is overwhelming for end users. In parallel, however, security issues have emerged and it is essential for infrastructure providers to assess the associated security risks. In this paper, we propose a novel method to detect IoT devices and identify the manufacturer, device model, and the firmware version currently running on the device using the page source from the web user interface. We performed automatic scans of the large-scale network at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to evaluate our approach. Our tools identified 233 IoT devices that fell into eleven distinct device categories and included 49 device models manufactured by 26 vendors from across the world.

scholarly journals COSMOS: Collaborative, Seamless and Adaptive Sentinel for the Internet of Things

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pantaleone Nespoli ◽  
David Useche Pelaez ◽  
Daniel Díaz López ◽  
Félix Gómez Mármol
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Real World ◽  
Smart Devices ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Dynamic Scenario ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) became established during the last decade as an emerging technology with considerable potentialities and applicability. Its paradigm of everything connected together penetrated the real world, with smart devices located in several daily appliances. Such intelligent objects are able to communicate autonomously through already existing network infrastructures, thus generating a more concrete integration between real world and computer-based systems. On the downside, the great benefit carried by the IoT paradigm in our life brings simultaneously severe security issues, since the information exchanged among the objects frequently remains unprotected from malicious attackers. The paper at hand proposes COSMOS (Collaborative, Seamless and Adaptive Sentinel for the Internet of Things), a novel sentinel to protect smart environments from cyber threats. Our sentinel shields the IoT devices using multiple defensive rings, resulting in a more accurate and robust protection. Additionally, we discuss the current deployment of the sentinel on a commodity device (i.e., Raspberry Pi). Exhaustive experiments are conducted on the sentinel, demonstrating that it performs meticulously even in heavily stressing conditions. Each defensive layer is tested, reaching a remarkable performance, thus proving the applicability of COSMOS in a distributed and dynamic scenario such as IoT. With the aim of easing the enjoyment of the proposed sentinel, we further developed a friendly and ease-to-use COSMOS App, so that end-users can manage sentinel(s) directly using their own devices (e.g., smartphone).

Cloud Computing Security: An Investigation into the Security Issues and Challenges Associated with Cloud Computing, for both Data Storage and Virtual Applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Hamisu Alhaji Ali
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
World Economy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Cloud Computing Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
On Demand ◽  
The World

In recent years, cloud computing has developed from the promising business concept that it used to be, to one of Information Technology (IT) industry's most developing section. Now that the world economy was hit by recession, the victims of this tragedy continually understand that by just outsourcing or tapping the cloud  resources, a package of virtualise, elastic, instant on-demand provision, and scalable; infrastructure, platform, and software can be access fast and easy inform of services at a negligible amount via the internet. However, as individuals and organizations embarked on the course of deploying their information and data into the cloud, anxieties are beginning to develop on whether the cloud environment is safe. This research provides an overview of the cloud deployment model, the services they offer and discusses the security issues and challenges of cloud computing in both data storage and virtual applications/servers.

Addressing Security Issues of the Internet of Things Using Physically Unclonable Functions

2021 ◽  
pp. 333-350
Author(s):  
Ishfaq Sultan ◽  
Mohammad Tariq Banday
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Hardware Implementation ◽  
Hardware Security ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Physically Unclonable Functions ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The spatial ubiquity and the huge number of employed nodes monitoring the surroundings, individuals, and devices makes security a key challenge in IoT. Serious security apprehensions are evolving in terms of data authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality. Consequently, IoT requires security to be assured down to the hardware level, as the authenticity and the integrity need to be guaranteed in terms of the hardware implementation of each IoT node. Physically unclonable functions recreate the keys only while the chip is being powered on, replacing the conventional key storage which requires storing information. Compared to extrinsic key storage, they are able to generate intrinsic keys and are far less susceptible against physical attacks. Physically unclonable functions have drawn considerable attention due to their ability to economically introduce hardware-level security into individual silicon dice. This chapter introduces the notion of physically unclonable functions, their scenarios for hardware security in IoT devices, and their interaction with traditional cryptography.

Blockchain With the Internet of Things

2021 ◽  
pp. 202-228
Author(s):  
Kamalendu Pal
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The internet of things (IoT) is ushering a new age of technology-driven automation of information systems into the manufacturing industry. One of the main concerns with IoT systems is the lack of privacy and security preserving schemes for controlling access and ensuring the safety of the data. Many security issues arise because of the centralized architecture of IoT-based information systems. Another concern is the lack of appropriate authentication and access control schemes to moderate the access to information generated by the IoT devices in the manufacturing industry. Hence, the question that arises is how to ensure the identity of the manufacturing machinery or the communication nodes. This chapter presents the advantages of blockchain technology to secure the operation of the modern manufacturing industry in a trustless environment with IoT applications. The chapter reviews the challenges and threats in IoT applications and how integration with blockchain can resolve some of the manufacturing enterprise information systems (EIS).

scholarly journals A Study of Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures: An IoT Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Yash Choudhary ◽  
B Umamaheswari ◽  
Vijeta Kumawat
Keyword(s):  
Remote Control ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Security Of Iot

IoT or the Internet of things refers to all the physical devices connected to the internet. IoT consists of computing devices that are web-enabled and have the capability of sensing, collecting, and sending data. IoT provides the ability to remote control appliances and has many more applications. Since IoT is becoming a big part of society, it is necessary to ensure that these devices provide adequate security measures. This paper discusses various security issues in IoT systems like threats, vulnerabilities and some countermeasures which can be used to provide some security. Developing a secure device is now more important than ever, as with the increase in digitization, much of a user’s data is available on these devices. Securing data is a primary concern in any system, as internet-enabled devices are easier to hack. The idea of this paper is to spread awareness and improve the security of IoT devices.

scholarly journals Internet of things (IoT): a technology review, security issues, threats, and open challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1685
Author(s):  
Alaa Ahmed Abbood ◽  
Qahtan Makki Shallal ◽  
Mohammed A. Fadhel
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Huge Number ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Internet Of Things Technology ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Technology Review

<p><span>Internet of Things (IoT) devices are spread in different areas such as e-tracking, e-commerce, e-home, and e-health, etc. Thus, during the last ten years, the internet of things technology (IoT) has been a research focus. Both privacy and security are the key concerns for the applications of IoT, and still face a huge number of challenges. There are many elements used to run the IoT technology which include hardware and software such as sensors, GPS, cameras, applications, and so forth. In this paper, we have analyzed and explain the technology of IoT along with its elements, security features, security issues, and threats that attached to each layer of IoT to guide the consideration of researchers into solve and understand the most serious problems in IoT environment.</span></p>

scholarly journals Detecting IoT Devices and How They Put Large Heterogeneous Networks at Security Risk

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharad Agarwal ◽  
Pascal Oser ◽  
Stefan Lüders
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Nuclear Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
European Organization ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Large Scale Network ◽  
The World ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Way

The introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT), i.e. the interconnection of embedded devices over the Internet, has changed the world we live in from the way we measure, make calls, print information and even the way we get energy in our offices or homes. The convenience of IoT products, like CCTV cameras, IP phones, and oscilloscopes, is overwhelming for end-users. In parallel, however, security issues have emerged and it is essential for infrastructure providers to assess the associated security risks. In this paper, we propose a novel method to detect IoT devices and identify the manufacturer, device model, and the firmware version currently running on the device using the page source from the web user interface. We performed automatic scans of the large-scale network at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to evaluate our approach. Our tools identified 233 IoT devices that fell into eleven distinct device categories and included 49 device models manufactured by 26 vendors from across the world.

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