Security and Privacy Threats to Internet of Things Devices

SBM4304 IS Security and Risk
Management
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Internet of Things Devices and Their Application......................................................................3
Resent Attacks against Internet of Devices.................................................................................4
Three Countermeasures used to prevent......................................................................................6
Authentication Protocols for Specific Internet of Things............................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION
All the computer devices are subject to security threats and privacy threats. Security and
privacy issues are now common in current time. There are different types of risk with mobile and
smart digital devices that are carry people in routine time (Sauerwein, Sillaber and Breu, 2018).
Risk management can be explained as process or practice that is used by the organization or
people to identify the potential risks in advance, analysing them and taking preventive decisions
and steps in order to minimise the chances of risk in organization operations and functions. This
report is about the MBC Organization which is one of the largest private free to air satellite
broadcasting company. Company was founded in year 1991 and headquarter of organization is in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This report is providing brief of security and privacy threats to the
internet things of Thing devices that are used by the people with in the organization. Different
type of protection techniques also will be explained in the report and the process will be
explained to mitigate the threat in order to keep information and data of people safe. Two
different authentication protocols are used for Internet of thing devices will be explained in the
report.
Internet of Things Devices and Their Application
Internet of the things is mainly explained as a technological system that is consists of
interrelated computing devices, digital machines and mechanical equipment and provided with
unique identifiers along with ability to transfer data over a network with out requiring any type
of interference human throughout the process. There are different devices which are considered
as internet of thing devices that are connected to customer. For example Smart Television, smart
speaker, Wearable devices, smart appliances, commercial security system, smart meter and smart
city technologies (Zarei and Sadoughi, 2016). For the business organization the Internet of thing
device sare considered as environment in which web enabled devices are connected with sensors,
hardware of communication devices, processers that are used to collect, process and share the
data between different computer networks. There are different internet of thing devices are used
in the business organization that are important for the internal and external operation of the
company. Some the main devices that are used in the business organization are- Sensors,
printers, Tablets, mobile phones and computer devices. These main devices that are used in
business organization to perform their operation with high efficiency. These devices are most
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