SECURITY AND PRIVACY ASPECTS IN SMART IoT ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) has undergone a sea change in the last few years. Quite potent development has shaped up the common perception of Internet towards a unified vision of smart objects communicating with each other. As we observe the recent trends a lot of issues have been addressed by the available wireless technologies but the issue of security and privacy still remains a vulnerable one and Internet of things technology is no exception to it. In today’s world particularly sensitive data is managed and any sort of leakage of data can breach the privacy of any user. Due to this fact sometimes the efficacy of the IoT system as whole has been put under serious doubts by several organisations. With the fact still remains that a lot of systems are particularly connected with each other unsupervised increases the complexity of the system as whole. This is one of the main reasons behind less penetration of the IoT technology in the Indian market. This Chapter deals with the brief description of the challenges pertaining to the area which we need to overcome in the coming years so as to make the technology effective and efficient. This Chapter also discusses various economic and cultural reasons which led to severe privacy related issues in the IoT technology as whole. This Chapter also focuses of the impacts of some of the attacks on the IoT technology and discuss the possible prevention methodologies. A proper review regarding the advances in security and privacy is also done which also discusses appropriate solutions after identifying challenges and future aspects in the given area.