Research Design case Study approach

1. Introduction

Internet of Things (IoT) is a system that allows for the connectivity of devices over the Internet. A new era of IoT has emerged in which a network connects the electronic devices around us. IoT-enabled smart home devices allow a smart home to be more intelligent, automated, and interrelated. But, the idea of a smart home poses new difficulties in terms of our Privacy. Lack of security and trust is a significant risk associated with IoT devices (Alhalafi & Veeraraghavan, 2019). Addressing these issues is essential as the misuse of the user's personal information could result in grave consequences.

Internet of Things has enabled homes to get link to technology and to the Internet for making daily activities more convenient (Razzaq et al., 2017). Devices are linked with real-life and can cause severe damage to families (Yoon et al.,2015). There are direct impacts on privacy and security of the user due to confidentiality, authentication and access issues being a few (Razzaq et al., 2017). There is a strong need to address the vulnerabilities in these devices and spread awareness regarding them since a lot of users are unaware of these security issues (Yoon et al.,2015). The different types of attacks need to be identified and their threat levels should be determined. Only then we can find solutions which can then be implemented (Razzaq et al., 2017).

The purpose of the project is to investigate various security issues with IoT based smart home devices, the underlying architecture, significant technologies, and recommend solutions to address the problems identified.

What are the security issues of IoT based smart home devices?

i. How are the security issues affecting individual users?

ii. What kind of security issues are posed by different protocols?

iii. How unencrypted communication lead to different security threats?

iv. How can user awareness minimize security risks?

· A paradigm is a “worldview” or a set of assumptions about how things work.

· Qualitative research methods involve very different assumptions about how research should be conducted and the role of the researcher.

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5. Research Design & Methodology -- Bismit According to Hunter (2004), qualitative research "is an interpretive approach to investigating subjects in their natural surroundings." A book review done by Cairney & St Denny (2015), points the most common qualitative research characteristics as:

· Acknowledgment of personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

· Evaluation and the research of occurrences in their natural, real-world environments.

Research Design (5.1) (Case Study Approach)

According to Crowe et al. (2011), a case study approach is used in generating an in-depth, multifaceted understanding of a complex issue in its real-life context. Case Study may be characterized into three broad categories which are:

· Case studies may be intrinsic, instrumental, or collective. (Crowe et al., 2011)

· Intrinsic analyses the uniqueness of a phenomenon while collective assesses multiple cases sequentially to attain a broader perspective about a phenomenon.

· The paper explores a case study of security issues with IoT based smart home devices.

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6. Participants and Sampling – Vinay Kotha