The Internet of Things: Perspectives on Security from RFID and WSN

TL;DR

This paper surveys RFID and wireless sensor network security to develop a comprehensive security model for the emerging Internet of Things, highlighting new attack surfaces and defenses.

Contribution

It compiles existing attacks and defenses from RFID and sensor networks to inform security modeling for the Internet of Things.

Findings

Identifies new attack vectors in IoT integration

Summarizes existing security measures in RFID and WSN

Highlights the need for a unified IoT security framework

Abstract

A massive current research effort focuses on combining pre-existing 'Intranets' of Things into one Internet of Things. However, this unification is not a panacea; it will expose new attack surfaces and vectors, just as it enables new applications. We therefore urgently need a model of security in the Internet of Things. In this regard, we note that IoT descends directly from pre-existing research (in embedded Internet and pervasive intelligence), so there exist several bodies of related work: security in RFID, sensor networks, cyber-physical systems, and so on. In this paper, we survey the existing literature on RFID and WSN security, as a step to compiling all known attacks and defenses relevant to the Internet of Things.