Securing the Internet of Things: Developing a Security Standard

摘要

The Internet of Things (IoT) and security are seldom found in the same phrase. Consumers and producers are often concentrated on improving the consumer aspects of technology that they do not think about the necessary related security. The research goal was to develop a framework for establishing security standards for the IoT. That is accomplished through developing a standardized set of IoT categories (e.g., personal health, household appliances, business world.) intersected with inter-networking media types (e.g., wired, wifi, bluetooth, 4G) that allow the exploration of possible attack vectors and their preventative measures. Next in the process is to establish requirements for each category and inter-networking subset. Finally, a cataloging system making the requirements accessible to manufacturers must be created. The IoT is a concept that is quickly taking over our world today and only with proper IoT security standards in place will it have the chance of being secure.