This special issue will explore security and privacy issues related to the Internet of Things (IoT): embedding processor-based systems in physical infrastructure at massive scale, including in things that neither look like computers nor communicate using the Internet Protocol. We aim to give particular focus to smart homes, consumer devices, embedded systems, and supporting infrastructures. Important IoT issues also arise in connection with critical infrastructure, cyber-physical systems, customized industrial IoT, smart medicine, and smart automobiles; however, these topics have been dealt with in other issues, and are not of special focus on this occasion.
We seek submissions on all topics related to IoT security and privacy. Topics of particular interest include:
- System and software security of home IoT devices
- Lightweight cryptography, protocols, and standards for home (consumer) IoT
- Trust management for home IoT
- Security and privacy management of home IoT devices
- Life cycle issues, including aging and updates of devices, and aging of vendors
- Security issues arising due to multiple IoT deployment silos within a home
- Security issues arising due to the overall architecture for home IoT applications—including cloud, and aggregate data
- Novel privacy, liability, and legal issues raised by home IoT
- Malware in home IoT