Cyber Security for Internet of Things

Abstract

Abstract: The Internet of things has gained intense popularity in the past few years. It has become one of the most important technologies. However along with gaining popularity, threats related to cyber security have increased. As the name suggests, Internet of Things, it is completely based on the internet which means a hacker can find a weaklink in the network and exfiltrate data to the cloud and threaten to keep, delete or make the data public. Thisincludes sensitive data, personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), personal information, intellectual property, data, and governmentaland industry information systems. Cybersecurity is a set ofprocesses, tools and frameworks to protect networks, devices, programs and data from cyber attacks.This paper highlights the different types of Cyber attacks possible on IoT and suggests few mitigations towards it