Conference Paper2020Cited by 8

Internet of Things (IoT): Vulnerabilities, Security Concerns and Things to Consider

Eshtiak Ahmed, Ashraful Islam, Mohsena Ashraf, Atiqul Islam Chowdhury, Mohammad Masudur Rahman

2020 11th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT)

IEEE, pp. 1–6

DOI: 10.1109/icccnt49239.2020.9225283URL

Abstract

In recent years, Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly gaining popularity as it has a vast potential. But without proper security and privacy measures, IoT can facilitate cyberattacks as it possesses some serious issues that need to be tackled well to utilize its fullest potential. In this study, an attempt to briefly discuss the basic concept and the pros and cons of IoT was taken by the authors. Moreover, this research also highlights the basic architectural issues, vulnerabilities, and future security concerns of IoT as IoT has a cost when it comes to the case of security and privacy. In addition to that, major threats and attacks of IoT e.g. Denial of Service (DoS), Man in The Middle (MiTM), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) attack were explained in brief. At last, probable measures that can be employed in order to strengthen the security of IoT were underlined so that the advantages of IoT can be reaped mostly in terms of security and privacy.

Keywords

  • Internet of Things
  • Internet of Things security
  • man-in-the-middle attacks
  • IoT architecture
  • privacy
  • cyberattacks
  • denial-of-service attacks
  • IoT vulnerabilities
  • security measures

CCDS Authors

Eshtiak Ahmed
Eshtiak Ahmed

Eshtiak Ahmed

  • Collaborator, HCI Wing

Doctoral Researcher

Gamification Group

Tampere University, Finland

Published at

UbiComp, ICIP, HCII, IEEE Access

Research Interests

Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, Gamification and Assistive Technologies

Ashraful Islam, PhD
Ashraful Islam

Ashraful Islam, PhD

  • Center Director, CCDS
  • Director, HCI Wing

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Published at

CHI, UIST, UbiComp, IJCNN, ICIP, HCII, ICDMW, BLP, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, JMIR, JMIR Human Factors, JMIR Formative Research, IEEE Access, Smart Agricultural Technology, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, PLOS ONE

Research Interests

Human-Computer Interaction, AI for Social Good, AI for Public Health, AI for Impact

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