| Aug. 1 | Dr Jonathan Loo | On the Quality of Service
Security of the “Internet of Things” | Abstract:
In a nutshell, the main concept of Internet of Things (IoT) is
the networks of interconnected smart objects i.e. embedded
devices with sensors and actuators, via the Internet using
standard communication protocols such as IPv6. The web of
smart objects is envisaged to work autonomously to deliver
services and solutions by mean of identification, locating,
tracking, monitoring, managing etc., without human
intervention, which are largely applicable in real-life
applications, from transportation and logistics, health care,
smart environment, to personal and social, gaming, robot, city
information. Fueling to bring IoT concept to real life, IEFT
is working on 6LoWPAN, which is a standard to integrate IPv6
with the IEEE 802.15.4 based Low-power and Lossy Wireless
Personal Area Network (LoWPAN), also referred to as Wireless
Sensor Networks (WSN). This standard allows the use of
existing IP network infrastructure and the huge address space
of IPv6; ideally, vast number of smart objects can be deployed
in local WSNs which be used to harvest enormous data and
information through the Internet. In this talk, I will
present some potential security threats in 6LoWPAN and will
then reveal some potential research works in the area of
intrusion detection system (IDS) as a second line defence for
the protection of 6LoWPAN network’s operation, resources
and Quality of Service (QoS) performance. |