Analysis of Security Threats in Wireless Sensor Network

TL;DR

This paper investigates various security threats in wireless sensor networks, emphasizing the importance of addressing security issues early in system design due to the technology's vulnerability in unattended and hostile environments.

Contribution

It provides an extensive study of general security threats in wireless sensor networks, highlighting the need for effective security mechanisms from the design phase.

Findings

Identified key security threats in WSNs

Emphasized importance of early security integration

Reviewed existing security challenges and solutions

Abstract

Wireless Sensor Network(WSN) is an emerging technology and explored field of researchers worldwide in the past few years, so does the need for effective security mechanisms. The sensing technology combined with processing power and wireless communication makes it lucrative for being exploited in abundance in future. The inclusion of wireless communication technology also incurs various types of security threats due to unattended installation of sensor nodes as sensor networks may interact with sensitive data and /or operate in hostile unattended environments. These security concerns be addressed from the beginning of the system design. The intent of this paper is to investigate the security related issues in wireless sensor networks. In this paper we have explored general security threats in wireless sensor network with extensive study.