Recent Advancements in Intrusion Detection Systems for the Internet of Things

Zeeshan Ali Khan,Peter Herrmann

doi:10.1155/2019/4301409

Abstract

Many Internet of Things (IoT) systems run on tiny connected devices that have to deal with severe processor and energy restrictions. Often, the limited processing resources do not allow the use of standard security mechanisms on the nodes, making IoT applications quite vulnerable to different types of attacks. This holds particularly for intrusion detection systems (IDS) that are usually too resource-heavy to be handled by small IoT devices. Thus, many IoT systems are not sufficiently protected against typical network attacks like Denial-of-Service (DoS) and routing attacks. On the other side, IDSs have already been successfully used in adjacent network types like Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET), Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) which, in part, face limitations similar to those of IoT applications. Moreover, there is research work ongoing that promises IDSs that may better fit to the limitations of IoT devices. In this article, we will give an overview about IDSs suited for IoT networks. Besides looking on approaches developed particularly for IoT, we introduce also work for the three similar network types mentioned above and discuss if they are also suitable for IoT systems. In addition, we present some suggestions for future research work that could be useful to make IoT networks more secure.

Highlights

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology used in various fields of application like healthcare, transport, and smart grid
Artificial Intelligence Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector Application Programming Interface Base Station Cluster Head Cyber Physical System Distributed Denial of Service Denial of Service Finite State Machine Global Positioning System Intrusion Detection System Intrusion Mitigation System Internet of Things Intrusion Prevention System Mobile Ad-hoc Network Routing Protocol for Low power and Lossy networks Support Vector Machine Wireless Sensor Networks for IoT systems have, yet, been developed, we further extend our overview on intrusion detection systems (IDS) proposed for WSNs, Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET), and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) that have properties similar to IoT applications
Thereafter, we introduce IDS approaches for WSNs, MANETs, and CPSs in Section 5 and discuss whether and how the solutions for these akin network types can be adapted to IoT systems

Summary

Introduction

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging technology used in various fields of application like healthcare, transport, and smart grid. These characteristics can be used to distinguish the presented IDS approaches and evaluate if they are appropriate for IoT networks. Thereafter, we introduce IDS approaches for WSNs, MANETs, and CPSs in Section 5 and discuss whether and how the solutions for these akin network types can be adapted to IoT systems. The article does not take advantage of considering work done in akin network types

IoT Security

Implementation Strategies

IDSs for IoTs

Future Directions

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Conclusion