two page research paper on "Security Issues with IoT Based Smart Home Devices"

Internet of Things (IoT) is a system that enables connectivity of the devices over the Internet. Smart home devices have been increasing lately due to the increased energy efficiency and the flexibility to control and operate multiple home appliances, all from one place. However, the use of technology has also raised various security and privacy threats. IoT security has become an issue of primary concern to safeguard user's personal information from being misused. This paper investigates multiple security issues with IoT based smart home devices, the threats of different protocols, the different types of architecture in IoT technology, the preferred architecture for smart-home devices, and how user awareness can minimize risks that IoT smart home devices face. Based on qualitative research, through secondary data that are different peer-review journals from previous years, thorough data analysis has been performed on the various security issues. Our investigations resulted in the conclusion that there is a need for more user awareness and identifying key security issues before implementing their solutions as often; these issues are not known. Choosing the right architecture is extremely important to reduce the security issues associated with smart-home devices.

Keywords : IoT, Smart Home Devices, Authentication, Confidentiality, Social Engineering, IoT Security, Privacy

Table of Contents Abstract ii 1. Choice of topic 1 2. Significant of the project on IT Service Organization 1 3. Use of the research in a corporate setting 1 4. Understanding the benefits of bibliography to the research 2 5. Summarized findings 2 6. The need for future research 2 7. Conclusion 2 8. References 3 9. Certification Page 4 10. Short Bio 5

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Security is a significant concern in evaluating the problems posed by the network connectivity of devices. This challenge arises in light of the reality that personal information shared through the Internet in everyday tasks (Frustaci et al., 2018). Therefore, the topic works to investigate multiple security issues with IoT based smart home devices.

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Through identifying and addressing the multiple security challenges associated with the Internet of Things, practical solutions that alleviate these problems may be proposed and implemented (Conti et al., 2018). Group members for this project are working/associated with IT service organizations. This project can provide insight into creative ways to protect security resources in any organization, which is also relevant as it provides possible solutions to increasing potential security risk.

This research could also benefit companies who have been victims of cyber-attacks and prevent future attacks by understanding the security issues that come with the architecture of a smart system.

Since technology is changing at a rapid pace, vulnerabilities and security loopholes will exist in Information Systems. IoT smart home devices are not exempt from these vulnerabilities. For Instance, mitigation techniques like encryption mechanisms may become obsolete in the future and pose the risk of data theft to unauthorized users.

IoT has brought new technologies and new devices (Smart Home). The usage of these smart home devices has seen very rapid growth over the past decade. Every new technology brings new features as well as new threats. This applies very much to IoT based smart home devices. Newer technologies resolved and fixed some of the existing security issues, but they brought in newer threats. More research is needed to address and fix new security threats.

Conti, M., Dehghantanha, A., Franke, K., & Watson, S. (2018). Internet of Things security and forensics: Challenges and opportunities. Future Generation Computer Systems, 78, 544–546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2017.07.060

Frustaci, M., Pace, P., Aloi, G., & Fortino, G. (2018). Evaluating Critical Security Issues of the IoT World: Present and Future Challenges. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5(4), 2483–2495. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2017.2767291

Submitted to (Professor's Name): Dr. Zadok Hakim

Course: ITS 699

Student's Name: Bismit Pratapsingh, Dilraj Singh, Phani Teja Gorrepati, Raja Karki, Sabin Pandey, Umme Haani, Vinay Kumar Kotha, Vinay Nallapeta Gangarajaiah

Date of Submission: August 2, 2020

Purpose and Title of Submission: Security Issues with IoT Based Smart Home Devices

Certification of Authorship: I hereby certify that I am the author of this document and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the document. I have also cited all sources from which I obtained data, ideas, or words that are copied directly or paraphrased in the document. Sources are properly credited according to accepted standards for professional publications. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me for this purpose.

Students' Signature: Sabin Raj Pandey

Meet Sabin R. Pandey – Born in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 29 of 1991. He received Bachelors's in business administration from Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal. He took online courses for python, java, and Linux operating system. He then joined a master's degree in Information technology at The University of Cumberlands. He worked with the Banking Information system at the beginning of the career. He is now working with the Health Information management team at Alameda Health System in Oakland, California, since 2018. Also, for his self-project, he has built a continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI-CD) web page development system with various tools like GitLab, Jenkin, Java, Maven, Tomcat, and wants to make it bigger and better.

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