DECODING THE ECOSYSTEM OF SYSTEM’S ATTACK SURFACE IN IOT

Abstract

IoT is the buzzword for the upcoming technology applied domains. Establishing an IoT ecosystem in the domains like smart homes, smart forest areas wherein animals are tagged, smart metering or smart surveillance has various issues in terms of availability of hardware and software platforms, sensing devices, power devices. In addition, IoT has security issues also as most of IoT infrastructure is placed in open periphery. Securing an IoT ecosystem is necessary as the failure to do so gives reputational impact, operative impact and legal impact for the organizations dealing in IoT implementations. One of aspect of security is the notion of attack surface. This paper is an effort in direction of understanding the concept of system’s attack surface and other associated concepts of the IoT ecosystem.