Security Improvement Mechanisms in Software-Defined Internet of Things

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyedakbar Mostafavi ◽  
Hussaindad Saadat ◽  
Razieh Allamehzadeh
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Network Architecture ◽  
Software Defined Networking ◽  
Global Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Heterogeneous Environments ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
Security Services ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Daunting Task

The IoT contains millions of heterogeneous smart objects that are connected together through the Internet platform. These heterogeneous smart objects deal with different protocols, technologies and resources, therefore each of them requires diverse security services in heterogeneous environments. Therefore, providing security services in heterogeneous environments is a daunting task for network providers that cannot be guaranteed through the traditional network architecture. Wide distribution and openness of IoT smart objects makes them very vulnerable to attacks and it can be easily targeted by cyber-attacks. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is a new paradigm that separates the control plane from data plane t a global network view by centralized controller. Integrating the software-defined network with the Internet of Things can provide better access control and security mechanisms. Software-defined networking provides better control and management possibilities to manage and secure Internet of Things in a good manner. In this paper, we discuss about IoT architecture, security challenges in IoT, SDN architecture, security challenges in each layers of the SDN and software-defined IoT. In addition, we provide solutions to security problems in IoT through software-defined networking approach.

scholarly journals Security Challenges and Countermeasures for the Heterogeneity of IoT Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepak Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Physical World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) enables the integration of data from virtual and physical worlds. It involves smart objects that can understand and react to their environment in a variety of industrial, commercial and household settings. As the IoT expands the number of connected devices, there is the potential to allow cyber-attackers into the physical world in which we live, as they seize on security holes in these new systems. New security issues arise through the heterogeneity  of  IoT  applications and devices and their large-scale deployment.

scholarly journals Authentication with What You See and Remember in the Internet of Things

Symmetry ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Chiu ◽  
Chunhua Su ◽  
Chuan-Yen Fan ◽  
Chien-Ming Chen ◽  
Kuo-Hui Yeh
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
Market Opening ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
Authentication System ◽  
A Chain ◽  
External Signals ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet-of-Things (IoT) is an emerging paradigm seamlessly integrating a great number of smart objects ubiquitously connected to the Internet. With the rise in interest in the IoT, industry and academia have introduced a variety of authentication technologies to deal with security challenges. Authentication in IoT involves not only shifting intelligent access control down to the end smart objects, but also user identification and verification. In this paper, we build an authentication system based on brainwave reactions to a chain of events. Brainwaves, as external signals of a functioning brain, provide a glimpse into how we think and react. However, seen another way, we could reasonably expect that a given action or event could be linked back to its corresponding brainwave reaction. Recently, commercial products in the form of wearable brainwave headsets have appeared on the market, opening up the possibility of exploiting brainwaves for various purposes and making this more feasible. In the proposed system, we use a commercially available brainwave headset to collect brainwave data from participants for use in the proposed authentication system. After the brainwave data collection process, we apply a machine learning-based approach to extract features from brainwaves to serve as authentication tokens in the system and support the authentication system itself.

scholarly journals Agentification of the Internet of Things: A systematic literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 155014771880594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Pico-Valencia ◽  
Juan A Holgado-Terriza
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Real World ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Global Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Cognitive Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things is aimed at controlling the physical real world using a global network of heterogeneous smart objects that are interconnected through the Internet. Nonetheless, this emergent paradigm still poses challenges in terms of intelligence, autonomy, security, privacy, and interoperability, all of which must be overcome in order for this approach to be consolidated. The integration of Internet of Things with agent technologies has been proposed as an alternative. In this article, we present a general overview of the main preliminary models, theoretical and experimental studies, and applications currently proposed to carry out the agentification of the Internet of Things through modeling smart objects and networks of Internet of Things objects using software agents. Furthermore, we present an analysis of the main strengths, opportunities, weaknesses, and threats of this approach in terms of computational intelligence. Finally, we discuss the main challenges that must be overcome in order for the agentification process of the Internet of Things to become a consolidated paradigm to build cognitive Internet of Things applications.

The rise of ransomware and emerging security challenges in the Internet of Things

2017 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 444-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrar Yaqoob ◽  
Ejaz Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Habib ur Rehman ◽  
Abdelmuttlib Ibrahim Abdalla Ahmed ◽  
Mohammed Ali Al-garadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Acceptance Process of the Internet of Things

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elodie Attié ◽  
Lars Meyer-Waarden
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Consumer Decisions ◽  
Utility Values ◽  
Technology Market ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The internet of things, or the IoT, is progressively and surely invading environments, and is consequently creating new kinds of consumer needs and behaviors. More and more companies are getting involved in this growing field, showing the importance for them to understand this technology market. This chapter aims at studying the acceptance process of the IoT. More specifically, the main factors that influence consumer decisions to accept and use the IoT and smart objects have been tested, such as the ethical, wellbeing, social, and utility values. The importance of each benefit is demonstrated, according to specific targets and to examples of applications. A system of values that represents the promises of the IoT and the central needs of users is also described. Besides, a typology of users should help companies creating or refining targeting strategies and should guide consumers into their acceptance process. Finally, further research directions are discussed.

Security in Context of the Internet of Things

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Mohammad Tariq Banday
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Cryptographic Primitives ◽  
Security Challenges ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The chapter discusses various security challenges in the design of the internet of things and their possible solutions. After presenting a precise introduction to the internet of things, its applications, and technologies enabling it, the chapter discusses its various architectures and models which follow with an introduction of development kits, boards, platforms, hardware, software, and devices used in the internet of things. A concise explanation and discussion on the internet of things standards and protocols with emphasis on their security is presented. Next, various possible security threats and attacks to the internet of things are presented. The subsequent sections of the chapter discuss identified security challenges at individual layers of various models along with their possible solutions. It further presents cryptographic and lightweight cryptographic primitives for the internet of things, existing use of cryptography in the internet of things protocols, security challenges, and its prospectus.

A Scalable Big Stream Cloud Architecture for the Internet of Things

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 26-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Belli ◽  
Simone Cirani ◽  
Luca Davoli ◽  
Gianluigi Ferrari ◽  
Lorenzo Melegari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Low Latency ◽  
Smart Objects ◽  
Heterogeneous Devices ◽  
Cloud Architecture ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Processing Platform ◽  
The Internet Of Things ◽  
Constrained Devices

The Internet of Things (IoT) will consist of billions (50 billions by 2020) of interconnected heterogeneous devices denoted as “Smart Objects:” tiny, constrained devices which are going to be pervasively deployed in several contexts. To meet low-latency requirements, IoT applications must rely on specific architectures designed to handle the gigantic stream of data coming from Smart Objects. This paper propose a novel Cloud architecture for Big Stream applications that can efficiently handle data coming from Smart Objects through a Graph-based processing platform and deliver processed data to consumer applications with low latency. The authors reverse the traditional “Big Data” paradigm, where real-time constraints are not considered, and introduce the new “Big Stream” paradigm, which better fits IoT scenarios. The paper provides a performance evaluation of a practical open-source implementation of the proposed architecture. Other practical aspects, such as security considerations, and possible business oriented exploitation plans are presented.

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