Information Security and Privacy in Smart Cities, Smart Agriculture, Industry 4.0, Smart Medicine, and Smart Healthcare

Abstract

AbstractInternet of Things (IoT) is used to interconnect various things, devices, technologies in a network in order to perform various tasks at a higher speed, less loss of information as well as for device-cloud/device-device communication. IoT works by transmission of data collected by the large number of sensors,devices which communicate to the cloud through the internet connectivity. Software processing is done after the data gets to the cloud. Some of the IoT devices used are smart mobiles, smart door locks, medical sensors, smart refrigerators, smartwatches, smart bicycles, smart fire alarms, fitness trackers and smart security systems. When a number of smart gadgets are connected with the Internet, there are various security threats, attacks and concerns when a malicious user enters the network. There is a possibility of the data transmitted/received being modified, lost or misused. In order to prevent those threats, there are various solutions introduced by various researchers for securing the networks. In this article, we analyse the importance, characteristics, security issues and privacy concerns involved in various applications such as Smart Agriculture, Smart Cities, Smart Healthcare and Smart Medicine. Frameworks proposed to reduce the impact of security and privacy issues are also discussed along with future research directions and scope.KeywordsInternet of ThingsSecuritySensorsSmart citySmart medicineSmart healthcareSmart agriculture