Addressing Security Challenges in Pervasive Computing Applications

Abstract

Abstract : Pervasive computing provides services that use knowledge about the operating environment. The very knowledge that enables an application to provide better services may, however, be misused, causing security and privacy breaches. Uncontrolled disclosure of information or unconstrained interaction among entities may have serious consequences. Traditional security policies and mechanisms are inadequate because these applications are dynamic and are executed in resource constrained environment. This work proposed new access control models and trust models for use in pervasive computing applications. The work also investigated risk management and security provisioning for pervasive environments when limited resources are available. Controlled data dissemination techniques were also proposed as a part of this work. Finally, the work also discussed methodologies for designing secure pervasive computing applications.