Security Designs for the Cloud, IoT, and Social Networking

CHAPTER 6IOT SECURITY AND PRIVACY PRESERVATION

BRIGHT KESWAN¹, TARINI CH. MISHRA², AMBARISH G. MOHAPATRA³, POONAM KESWANI⁴

¹Department of Computer Applications, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India

²Department of Information Technology, Silicon Institute of Technology, Odisha, India

³Silicon Institute of Technology, Odisha, India

⁴Akashdeep PG College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

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Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) envisages a scenario where billions of devices (smart things, servers, communication equipment) are connected to each other and offers services to various entities irrespective of distance over a network. IoT is one of the major revolutions that has happened in the recent past. This new area provides unprecedented benefits and level of comfort and has the capability to drive the world when its full potential is unleashed. However, all of this may come at the cost of compromised privacy in this complex paradigm. The overall goal of an IoT system is about connection services, data collection mechanism and data sharing and analysis. As IoT systems interact with humans, it is prone to cause a threat to individual privacy as well. Here, the need for privacy and security cannot be gauged in a narrow sense of confidentiality. Success of an application is proportional to the IoT framework, emphasizing the employed security mechanism. The market pertaining to ...