Title: Layered management approach to cyber security of IoT solutions

Authors: Erdal Ozdoğan; Resul Das

Addresses: IT Department, Gazi University, Emniyet Mah. Teknikokullar, Ankara, 06500, Turkey ' Department of Software Engineering, Technology Faculty, Firat University, Elaziğ, Turkey

Abstract: The Internet of Things consists of devices, each with its own vulnerabilities and interconnected by various technologies. This broad spectrum, a combination of old and new technologies, shows that there are many aspects to consider in ensuring IoT security. Besides the vulnerabilities inherited from pre-IoT technologies, there are a wide variety of IoT-specific vulnerabilities. The existence of large attack surfaces for cyber threat actors exposes IoT to a variety of attacks, from simple to complex. Developing defence strategies against this wide range of attacks is possible with a systematic approach. In this study, threats to IoT are examined from the perspective of IoT layered architecture, and an IoT Security Management Model is proposed as a comprehensive solution strategy. Also, based on the developed model, countermeasures related to IoT security have been proposed.

Keywords: IoT security; IoT security architecture; IoT attacks; IoT attack surfaces; layered management approach.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGUC.2023.133442

International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, 2023 Vol.14 No.5, pp.493 - 504

Received: 22 Aug 2022
Received in revised form: 04 Dec 2022
Accepted: 07 Jan 2023
Published online: 15 Sep 2023 *

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