scholarly journals ENSURING INFORMATION SECURITY IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 54-66
Author(s):  
Andrii Karpenko ◽  
Tetiana Bondarenko ◽  
Viacheslav Ovsiannikov ◽  
Valerii Martyniuk
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Secure Routing ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Symmetric Key ◽  
Secure Routing Protocols

The problem of information security in wireless sensor networks is considered in this paper. An analysis of existing recommendations for information security in wireless sensor networks. It was found that one of the key problems of information security is the hardware limitations of the sensor nodes of the network. It is substantiated that the use of more complex cryptographic protection mechanisms will increase the load on the network. Safety requirements and their description are given. The main groups and types of information security threats in wireless sensor networks are considered. The classification of attacks and protection of wireless sensor networks according to the OSI model is presented. The existing solutions for information security are considered and analyzed. The shortcomings and vulnerabilities of the considered solutions are revealed. The method of public key cryptography is considered, the main advantages and disadvantages of this method are revealed. The analysis and comparison of ECC and RSA encryption methods are carried out. It is substantiated that the use of ECC in wireless sensor networks is more efficient than RSA. The method of cryptography with a symmetric key is considered, the main advantages and disadvantages of this method are indicated. It was found that cryptographic methods using a symmetric key are more priority for use in wireless sensor networks. Cryptographic key management protocols in wireless sensor networks are considered. The classification of key management protocols is given. Secure routing protocols are considered. The classification of secure routing protocols is given. Methods of secure data aggregation are considered. Contradictions between the requirements for confidentiality and data aggregation have been revealed. The method of intrusion detection is considered, the main advantages and disadvantages of this method are revealed. The results of this work should be used in the design of wireless sensor networks.

scholarly journals Survey of Security Technologies on Wireless Sensor Networks

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiuwei Yang ◽  
Xiaogang Zhu ◽  
Hongjuan Fu ◽  
Xiqiang Che
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Secure Routing ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Battery Capacity

Because of their low cost and adaptability, wireless sensor networks are widely used in civil, military, and commercial fields and other fields. However, since the sensor node in the calculation of the capacity, battery capacity, and storage capacity are restricted by the limitations and inherent characteristics of the sensor networks, compared to traditional networks, which makes wireless sensor networks face more security threats. This paper summarized research progress of sensor network security issues as three aspects, key management, authentication, and secure routing, analyzed and commented on these results advantages and disadvantages and pointed out the future direction of the hot research field.

scholarly journals An efficient approach for secured communication in wireless sensor networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1641
Author(s):  
Jyothi R. ◽  
Nagaraj G. Cholli
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Limited Bandwidth ◽  
New Type ◽  
Symmetric Key ◽  
Secured Communication

Wireless sensor network (WSN) have limited bandwidth, low computational functions, energy constraints. Inspite of these constraints, WSN is useful where communication happens without infrastructure support. The main concern of WSN is the security as the sensor nodes may be attacked and information may be hacked. Security of WSN should have the capability to ensure that the message received was sent by the particular sent node and not modified during transmission. WSN applications require lightweight and strong authentication mechanisms for obtaining data from unprivileged users. In wireless sensor networks, authentication is the effective method to stop unauthorized and undisrupted communication service. In order to strengthen the authenticated communication, several researchers have developed mechanisms. Some of the techniques work with identifying the attacked node or detecting injected bogus message in the network. Encryption and decryption are the popular methods of providing the security. These are based on either public-key or symmetric-key cryptosystems Many of the existing solutions have limitations in communication and computational expertise. Also, the existing mechanisms lack in providing strength and scalability of the network. In order address these issues; a polynomial based method was introduced in recent days. Key distribution is a significant aspect in key management in WSNs. The simplest method of distribution of key is by hand which was used in the days of couriers. Now a days, most distribution of keys is done automatically. The automatic distribution of keys is essential and convenient in networks that require two parties to transmit their security keys in the same communication medium. In this work, a new type of key exchange mechanism is proposed. The proposed method for authentication among sensor nodes proves to be promising as per the simulation results. The nodes which are unknown to each other setup a private however arbitrary key for the symmetric key cryptosystem.

scholarly journals Secure Trust Based Key Management Routing Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jugminder Kaur ◽  
Sandeep S. Gill ◽  
Balwinder S. Dhaliwal
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Secure Routing ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Delivery Ratio ◽  
Data Delivery ◽  
Key Predistribution ◽  
Random Key Predistribution ◽  
Key Predistribution Scheme

Security is always a major concern in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Several trust based routing protocols are designed that play an important role in enhancing the performance of a wireless network. However they still have some disadvantages like limited energy resources, susceptibility to physical capture, and little protection against various attacks due to insecure wireless communication channels. This paper presents a secure trust based key management (STKF) routing framework that establishes a secure trustworthy route depending upon the present and past node to node interactions. This route is then updated by isolating the malicious or compromised nodes from the route, if any, and a dedicated link is created between every pair of nodes in the selected route with the help of “q” composite random key predistribution scheme (RKPS) to ensure data delivery from source to destination. The performance of trust aware secure routing framework (TSRF) is compared with the proposed routing scheme. The results indicate that STKF provides an effective mechanism for finding out a secure route with better trustworthiness than TSRF which avoids the data dropping, thereby increasing the data delivery ratio. Also the distance required to reach the destination in the proposed protocol is less hence effectively utilizing the resources.

Security and key management in IoT-based wireless sensor networks: An authentication protocol using symmetric key

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (16) ◽  
pp. e4139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwar Ghani ◽  
Khwaja Mansoor ◽  
Shahid Mehmood ◽  
Shehzad Ashraf Chaudhry ◽  
Arif Ur Rahman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Key Management ◽  
Authentication Protocol ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Symmetric Key
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