scholarly journals Enabling Secure Guest Access for Command-and-Control of Internet of Things Devices

IoT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-248
Author(s):  
Andrew John Poulter ◽  
Simon J. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
And Control

Internet of Things (IoT) devices are becoming ubiquitous, and may be arranged to form formal or ad hoc Command and Control (C2) networks. Such networks typically do not have a mechanism to facilitate the sharing of either data or control inputs. This paper examines this problem in the context of IoT devices operating within C2 systems which do not have a trusted relationship with each other. We propose a solution which we call syndication, to provide a controlled mechanism to share data between C2 systems of devices without a fully trusted relationship. This paper builds upon previous work which established a lightweight protocol for secure C2 operations within the IoT. Using the proposed approach enables not only sharing of data but also permits the external controller to submit moderated requests for actions to be performed. The paper concludes by examining how this approach could also be adopted to provide secure guest access to connected systems in a domestic or commercial context.

scholarly journals Device-Based Security to Improve User Privacy in the Internet of Things †

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 2664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Belem Pacheco ◽  
Eduardo Pelinson Alchieri ◽  
Priscila Mendez Barreto
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Data Access ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Sensitive Information ◽  
User Privacy ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
And Control

The use of Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly growing and a huge amount of data is being generated by IoT devices. Cloud computing is a natural candidate to handle this data since it has enough power and capacity to process, store and control data access. Moreover, this approach brings several benefits to the IoT, such as the aggregation of all IoT data in a common place and the use of cloud services to consume this data and provide useful applications. However, enforcing user privacy when sending sensitive information to the cloud is a challenge. This work presents and evaluates an architecture to provide privacy in the integration of IoT and cloud computing. The proposed architecture, called PROTeCt—Privacy aRquitecture for integratiOn of internet of Things and Cloud computing, improves user privacy by implementing privacy enforcement at the IoT devices instead of at the gateway, as is usually done. Consequently, the proposed approach improves both system security and fault tolerance, since it removes the single point of failure (gateway). The proposed architecture is evaluated through an analytical analysis and simulations with severely constrained devices, where delay and energy consumption are evaluated and compared to other architectures. The obtained results show the practical feasibility of the proposed solutions and demonstrate that the overheads introduced in the IoT devices are worthwhile considering the increased level of privacy and security.

scholarly journals Recent Advancements in Intrusion Detection Systems for the Internet of Things

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeeshan Ali Khan ◽  
Peter Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Intrusion Detection Systems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Iot Applications ◽  
Iot Devices

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.

Swift Trust in Ad Hoc Teams: A Cognitive Task Analysis of Intelligence Operators in Multi-Domain Command and Control Contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-241
Author(s):  
August Capiola ◽  
Holly C. Baxter ◽  
Marc D. Pfahler ◽  
Christopher S. Calhoun ◽  
Philip Bobko
Keyword(s):  
Task Analysis ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Cognitive Task ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
Cognitive Task Analysis ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Swift Trust ◽  
And Control

Trust is important for establishing successful relationships and performance outcomes. In some contexts, however, rich information such as knowledge of and experience with a teammate is not available to inform one’s trust. Yet, parties in these contexts are expected to work together toward common goals for a relatively brief and finite period of time. This research investigated the antecedents to quickly-formed trust (often referred to as swift trust) in fast-paced, time-constrained contexts. We conducted a cognitive task analysis (CTA) based on 11 structured interviews of subject-matter experts (SMEs) in Intelligence (Intel)—a heterogeneous job category comprising distributed and co-located personnel within multi-domain command and control (MDC2) environments. Eight antecedents to swift trust emerged from these interviews (i.e., ability, integrity, benevolence, communication, mission-focus, self-awareness, shared perspectives/experiences, and calm), with further analysis implying that swift trust is a relevant and emergent state in MDC2 that facilitates reliance. These findings offer implications for teams operating in high-risk distributed contexts and should be expanded through basic experimental investigations as well as applied initiatives.

scholarly journals Thriving on chaos: Proactive detection of command and control domains in internet of things‐scale botnets using DRIFT

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. e3505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Spaulding ◽  
Jeman Park ◽  
Joongheon Kim ◽  
DaeHun Nyang ◽  
Aziz Mohaisen
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Efficient and Secure Data Transmission Approach in Cloud-MANET-IoT Integrated Framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanweer Alam
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Transmission ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Secure Data Transmission ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) devices have the capabilities to interact and communicate in 5G heterogeneous networks. They also have the capabilities to form a network with neighborhood devices without a centralized approach. This network is called the mobile ad hoc network (MANET). Through an infrastructure-less system of the Internet of Things environment, the MANET enables IoT nodes to interact with one another. Those IoT nodes could interactively connect, communicate as well as share knowledge between several nodes. The role of cloud throughout this structure is to store as well as interpret information through IoT nodes. The communication security has been introduced as one of the techniques to solve the data transmission security issue that could result in increased performance in cloud consumption and ubiquity. The purpose of this research is to establish a communication system among IoT nodes in an embedded Cloud and MANET structure. Aiming to create an efficient and secure approach for communication in Cloud-MANET-IoT integrated framework, this approach has been implemented and tested.

scholarly journals Correctness of the Chord protocol

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-160
Author(s):  
Bojan Marinkovic ◽  
Zoran Ognjanovic ◽  
Paola Glavan ◽  
Anton Kos ◽  
Anton Umek
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Distributed Architecture ◽  
Ring Topology ◽  
Distributed Protocols ◽  
The Core ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Deterministic Description ◽  
And Control ◽  
Chord Protocol

Internet of Things (IoT) can be seen as a cooperation of various devices with limited performances that participate in the same system. IoT devices compose a distributed architecture system. The core of every IoT system is its discovery and control services. To realize such services, some authors used the developed solutions from the different domains. One such solution is the Chord protocol, one of the first, the simplest and the most popular distributed protocols. Unfortunately, the application of the Chord protocol was realized using the correctness of the Chord protocol for granted, or by the very hard assumptions. In this paper we prove the correctness of the Chord protocol using the logic of time and knowledge with the respect to the set of possible executions, called regular runs. We provide the deterministic description of the correctness of the Chord protocol and consider Chord actions that maintain ring topology while the nodes can freely join or leave.

scholarly journals Lightweight Blockchain to Improve Security and Privacy in Smarthome

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 5021-5027
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Cyber Threats ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Application Architecture ◽  
Share Data ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Smart Home Appliances

Internet of Things (IoT) growing at a rate of exponential numbers in recent years has received extensive attention with BlockChain (BC) technology which provide trust to IoT with its immutable nature, decentralization in computing, resource constraints, security and privacy. The distributed ledger of transactions in BC is path leading technology for addressing Cyber Threats in the form of data theft; it provides secure application architecture which has proven track of record for securing data. IoT devices using BC enabled to communicate between objects, share data, decide based on business criteria and act as a medium to securely transmit information. This work provides lightweight BlockChain with two prominent consensus mechanism PoW – Proof of Work and PoS – Proof of Stake for smart IoT devices. Next, Smart Home Device (SMD) is ensures providing best-in-class Security and Privacy for smart home Appliances. Further provides future advances in the Approach.

scholarly journals Enabling the Secure Use of Dynamic Identity for the Internet of Things—Using the Secure Remote Update Protocol (SRUP)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Andrew John Poulter ◽  
Steven J. Ossont ◽  
Simon J. Cox
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Dynamic Identity ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Deployed Systems ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Internet Of Things

This paper examines dynamic identity, as it pertains to the Internet of Things (IoT), and explores the practical implementation of a mitigation technique for some of the key weaknesses of a conventional dynamic identity model. This paper explores human-centric and machine-based observer approaches for confirming device identity, permitting automated identity confirmation for deployed systems. It also assesses the advantages of dynamic identity in the context of identity revocation permitting secure change of ownership for IoT devices. The paper explores use-cases for human and machine-based observation for authentication of device identity when devices join a Command and Control(C2) network, and considers the relative merits for these two approaches for different types of system.

scholarly journals Efficient and Secure Data Transmission Approach in Cloud-MANET-IoT Integrated Framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanweer Alam
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Data Transmission ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Mobile Ad Hoc Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Security Issue ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Secure Data Transmission ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) devices have capabilities to interact and communicate in 5G heterogeneous networks. The IoT devices also have capabilities to form a network with neighborhood devices without a centralized approach. This network is called the mobile ad hoc network (MANET). Through an infrastructure-less system of the Internet of Things environment, the MANET enables IoT nodes to interact with one another. Those IoT nodes could interactively connect, communicate as well as share knowledge between several nodes. The role of cloud throughout this structure would be to store as well as interpret information through IoT nodes. The communication security has also been introduced to be one of the techniques in which trying to solve the data transmission security issue that could result in the performance increase in cloud consumption and ubiquity. Our purpose in this research would be to establish a communication system among IoT nodes in such an embedded Cloud and MANET structure. The main goal of this research is to create an efficient and secure approach for communication in Cloud-MANET-IoT integrated framework. This approach is implemented and tested.

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