Analyze the Critical Factors of Security and Privacy Issues in IoT Domains

Abstract

The Internet of Things is all around us, influencing our personal as well as business lives. IoT devices communicate personal data to provide some modern luxuries, raising privacy questions that affect almost every aspect of modern life.  This survey will examine the security of IoT, particularly in Smart Homes, Industrial Internet of Things, and Internet of Medical Things, and will propose that solutions to some challenges in one area could be applicable to solving challenges in other areas due to the heterogeneity of IoT. The challenges IoT devices present in terms of privacy and security have a specific relevance in a variety of industries: they could make our households insecure (smart homes), they could disrupt a whole industry (industrial IoT), or they could be physically damaging to us in a medical context (internet of medical things). In general, the rush to put IoT hardware, software, and devices into use is prioritised over consideration of whether they are actually secure. The development of IoT is so fast-paced that it sometimes creates security vulnerabilities, which may in turn compromise personal information or information held by an organisation or business. If IoT is used in a medical context, these vulnerabilities could be detrimental, resulting in injury/physical harm to people who were expecting services, rather than disruptions.