Shancang Li
The Internet of Things: a security point of view.
Li, Shancang; Tryfonas, Theo; Li, Honglei
Authors
Theo Tryfonas
Honglei Li
Contributors
Professor Pan Wang, Professor Sohail Chaudhry
Editor
Abstract
Purpose
-- To provide an in-depth overview of the security requirements and challenges for Internet of Things (IoT) and discuss security solutions for various enabling technologies and implications to various applications.
Design/methodology/approach
-- Security requirements and solutions are analyzed based on a four-layer framework of IoT on sensing layer, network layer, service layer, and application layer. The cross-layer threats are analyzed followed by the security discussion for the enabling technologies including identification and tracking technologies, WSN and RFID, communication, networks, and service management.
Finding
-- IoT calls for new security infrastructure based on the new technical standards. As a consequence, new security design for IoT shall pay attention to these new standards. Security at both the physical devices and service-applications is critical to the operation of IoT, which is indispensable for the success of IoT. Open problems remain in a number of areas, such as security and privacy protection, network protocols, standardisation, identity management, trusted architecture, etc.
Practical implications
-- The implications to various applications including SCADA, enterprise systems, social IoT are discussed. The paper will serve as a starting point for future IoT security design and management. The security strategies for IoT should be carefully designed by managing the trade-offs among security, privacy, and utility to provide security in multi-layer architecture of IoT.
Originality/value
-- The paper synthesizes the current security requirements for IoT and provides a clear framework of security infrastructure based on four layers. Accordingly, the security requirements and potential threats in the four-layer architecture are provided in terms of general devices security, communication security, network security, and application security.
Citation
Li, S., Tryfonas, T., & Li, H. (2016). The Internet of Things: a security point of view. Internet Research, 26(2), 337-359. https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-07-2014-0173
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 30, 2015 |
Publication Date | Apr 4, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Oct 12, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | May 15, 2017 |
Print ISSN | 1066-2243 |
Publisher | Emerald |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 26 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 337-359 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-07-2014-0173 |
Keywords | Communication security; information security; network security; applications security |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9131 |
Contract Date | May 15, 2017 |
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