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Secure Trust Establishment in an Internet of Things Framework

Meharia, Pallavi
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4379-1776
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1479818898487158

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2016, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Computer Science and Engineering.
Taking a leaf out of many-a science fiction novels, the future of technology rests upon Internet ubiquity, with wearable technology and intelligent transportation systems leading this revolution. It is projected that by 2020 there will be an approximate 50 billion devices connected to the Internet. This rapidly developing technology is singly responsible for changing the world as we know it, and is popularly coined the "Internet of Things". This research has been undertaken with the goal of providing for a secure framework wherein critical information can be relayed across open communication space, free from interference and intrusion. In this dissertation, we address security issues in various subunits which jointly contribute towards this heterogeneous network architecture. We introduce a biometric solution geared towards identifying the individual, thus finding a place in home automation environment(s). As part of this work, we are adopting something as mundane as the human walk and transforming that to serve as a critical component of this architecture - the encryption key. For our second subsystem, we address the domain of wearable healthcare technology. Here, we propose two new key management schemes for providing secure link connectivity between the wearable devices and the access point, which too resides upon the host. As a part of this work, we propose to analyze and provide solutions for every communication link in the Wireless Body-Area Network architecture. As our final domain, we target the area of intelligent transportation systems leading to autonomous vehicles. Here, we propose a statistical framework that provides a quantitative score for validating road infrastructure. This methodology aims to mitigate the fears associated with this technology by strengthening the overall decision making skills of the vehicles themselves, such that it learns to recognize good from the bad. The goal is to protect the users by preventing attackers from overtaking the vehicle externally. This dissertation is novel in its approach and design; varying from suggesting new biometrics for establishing identity, to new architectural framework(s) and techniques for the establishment of a secure communication channel. Given its scope and wide application, the Internet of Things is an emerging area of research. As such, the awareness of and research in this field is important, with security and privacy being a primary concern.
Dharma Agarwal, Ph.D. (Committee Co-Chair)
Karen Davis, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Chia Han, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Erin Nicole Haynes, Dr. P.H. (Committee Member)
166 p.
Computer Science
Internet of Things; Security; Authentication; Wireless Body Area Networks; Autonomous Vehicle; Biometrics

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  • Meharia, P. (2016). Secure Trust Establishment in an Internet of Things Framework [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1479818898487158

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Meharia, Pallavi. Secure Trust Establishment in an Internet of Things Framework. 2016. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1479818898487158.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Meharia, Pallavi. "Secure Trust Establishment in an Internet of Things Framework." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1479818898487158

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