Security Frameworks: A Study on Different Approaches for the Internet of Things

Luan Oliveira,Denivaldo Lopes,Breno Sousa,Zair Abdelouahab

doi:10.24297/ijct.v15i4.555

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of some of the major works that focus on the use of security frameworks for Internet of Things environment to facilitate the development of applications for this scenario. The Internet of things or "IoT" is characterized by a high heterogeneity degree of devices and network protocols, where all kinds of communications appear to be possible, even unauthorized ones. As a result, requirements such as reliability, connectivity, privacy and security are becoming increasingly more critical. This paper discusses the applicability and limitations of the main existing security frameworks in the context of the Internet of Things.

Highlights

Due to various types of technologies created for the internet in order to connect more people and different devices, the challenge is to facilitate the interaction of these heterogenous objects with the real world
Technological challenges required by this connectivity need to be addressed, including interoperability between devices, autonomy of systems, security issues, privacy and trust
Heterogeneity influences the security of the network protocol services in Internet of Things (IoT) devices;

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Due to various types of technologies created for the internet in order to connect more people and different devices, the challenge is to facilitate the interaction of these heterogenous objects with the real world. The devices can be constantly under attacks, requiring a better attention to the security mechanisms for such components In this context, [5] reported that the authors in [7, 8, 14] highlighted some of the challenges faced in IoT as: Heterogeneity influences the security of the network protocol services in IoT devices; Identity management of the devices is difficult because of the large number of connected devices; The large volume of data generated by devices in IoT is a major threat to privacy because the information must be managed so that the privacy of its content must be guaranteed; The number of devices as well as the heterogeneity affects the trust and governance of such devices. The intra-domain and inter-domain communication is done through exchange of XMPP messages, but there are modules that allow communication with other architectures, such as with Web Services

A Service Infrastructure for the Internet of Things based on XMPP

CONCLUSION