Self Managed Security Cell, a security model for the Internet of Things and Services

TL;DR

This paper introduces the Self Managed Security Cell, a novel architectural model designed to enhance security resilience and flexibility in the rapidly expanding Internet of Things and Services environment.

Contribution

It proposes a new security model that leverages autonomous systems and information management to improve IoT security.

Findings

Addresses increased security threats in IoT environments.

Proposes a flexible, resilient security architecture.

Builds on existing large-scale security and autonomous system knowledge.

Abstract

The Internet of Things and Services is a rapidly growing concept that illustrates that the ever increasing amount of physical items of our daily life which become addressable through a network could be made more easily manageable and usable through the use of Services. This surge of exposed resources along with the level of privacy and value of the information they hold, together with the increase of their usage make for an augmentation in the number of the security threats and violation attempts that existing security systems do not appear robust enough to address. In this paper, the authors underline this increase in risk and identify the requirements for resources to be more resilient in this type of environment while keeping an important level of flexibility. In addition, the authors propose an architectural model of Self Managed Security Cell, which leverages on current knowledge in large scale security systems, information management and autonomous systems.