Security Issues and Countermeasures in Internet of Things (IoT)

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1
Literature Review on IoT......................................................................................................................1
Characteristics of IoT compared to the traditional network...................................................................2
Iot Devices.........................................................................................................................................2
Applications for IoT..............................................................................................................................3
Security issues in IoT........................................................................................................................3
Countermeasures/mitigation techniques used....................................................................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
The interest of internet of things has grown from last years. Internet of things plays an
important role as it has changed the living standards of people and has altered the business
models. This report consists of the usage of internet of things in different applications which
is rising rapidly in the coming years. This report consists of detail description about features
of IoT and the applications where they are used. It helps the devices to communicate with
each other remotely without any human efforts. The main motive behind IoT is to offer a
smart environment and allowing the data to be accessed only by authorised users. Internet of
things is a booming technology that allow any business and service to access the data from
anywhere at any time[1]. This also leads to various attacks which may violate the privacy of
the network, all such cases has been future discussed in this report. This report also highlights
the major security issues that arises in the system due to IoT and the count measures used to
remove the flaws as also been discussed.
Literature Review on IoT
According to [2], Internet of things is a new concept which has changed the working
of an environment. It can be seen as a network of physical devices which are embedded along
with software’s. It makes all the devices unique by identifying them through the system.
Internet of things makes possible that all the system are controlled remotely by offering more
opportunities. Internet of things has resulted in improving the efficiency and economic
benefit of an organisation by reducing the human efforts. Internet of things makes use of
technology which helps in tracking the inventory and also provides control measures. Internet
of things covers all the smart devices and objects that are connected to internet. Thus all the
devices connected through internet form up a system, and such a system is termed as internet
of things. It is a smart feature that helps devices to communicate with each other and
complete the work automatically without any human involvement [3]. Every device is
connected to each other through internet that allows user to access the devices remotely.
In the views of [4], Internet of things make possible to access all the devices remotely by a
single devices. The process covers the connection of devices by capturing all the data through
sensors and then stores over big data. It makes use of artificial intelligence to analysis the
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