summary of “T. A. Ahanger” Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Study of Security Issues and Defense Mechanisms

To Professor ELLIS

From Mohammad Amin

Date 03/03/2021

Subject: 500-word summary of Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Study of Security Issues and Defense Mechanisms

Following 500-word summary article about IoT, IoT was created in 1999 and was officially launched in 2005 by the International Telecommunication Union, it was coined by Kevin Ashton. It has physical characteristics and virtual representation. The main idea of IoT is to convert miniature devices into smart objects and make them dynamic, it represents the parent class and enables intelligent communication with the information network. last few years, the concept of IoT has been applied in greenhouse monitoring, smart electric meter reading, telemedicine monitoring as well as intelligent transportation. With 5G network, IoT will make the online worlds much stronger but the biggest threat is to protect privacy. With 5G network, IoT will make the online worlds much stronger but the biggest threat is to protect privacy. The main goal of this study is to analyze the defense against IoT related challenge. Potential solutions to the security threats of IOT and review method to gain insight on the practical implication of security in the IoT. Patient data and staff can be monitored automatically using Iot technology. Many applications of Iot are used in smart cities. Protecting privacy is an important issue in digital environment but there is a risk of individual breaches of each device in the IoT network. In order to protect the authenticity of the information, only authorized users need to exchange information. The main goal of Iot is to provide accurate data to the user. IoT information must have protected so that no one can steal, delete or edit anything. Nonrepudiation is related to authentication of a legit party in getting access to the promised service. 

CYBER-ATTACKS ON IoT APPLICATIONS:

Sinkhole Attack creates the network traffic and collapses the network communication. Sinkhole attack creates counterfeit notes and sends route requests to neighboring notes.

Wormhole attack is an internal attack that make it very difficult to identify the attack as a result of unchanged network activity.

In a selective forwarding attack, a compromised node refuses to forward some of the packets in its outstanding buffer, such as control information or data packets in order to cut off the packet’s propagation.

Sybil Attack can create wrong reports, increase traffic load with spam and loss of privacy

Hello Flood Attack, usually within the range of the receiver’s device and can transmit to the receiver when it is incorrect. 

SET OF SECURITY REQUIREMENTS:

‘Internet of Things’ A study titled IoT has presented a secure model of how data can be kept secure. The technology used in the network in this study emphasizes the need for a legal framework in accordance with international standards. Zhuo and Chao security system was disrupted there. According to the author, “a security model for IOT in a study titled ‘‘Proposed Security Model and Threat Taxonomy for the Internet of Things (IoT)’’. The author briefly discusses about the security and privacy concerns in IoT in this article” (Babar et al.,2018, p.11025) They are added encryption methods, communication medium security, use of cryptography and protection of sensor/control data for tackling the Major security and privacy.Internet security issues presented a paper entitled certification approach. Abomhara and Koien 

Author discusses IoT and provides future direction for tackling current and future privacy initiatives. IoT will connect billion of devices, these have achieved the requirement for protection. Overall, this study discusses in detail the security threats to the IoT environment and solutions.

Reference: 

T. A. Ahanger and A. Aljumah, “Internet of Things: A Comprehensive Study of Security Issues and Defense Mechanisms,” in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 11020-11028, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2876939.