Security and Storage Issues in Internet of Floating Things Edge-Cloud Data Movement

Abstract

Sensors and actuators became first class citizens in technologically pervasive urban environments. However, the full potential of data crowdsourcing is still unexploited in marine coastal areas, due to the challenging operational conditions, extremely unstable network connectivity and security issues in data movement. In this paper, we present the latest specification of our DYNAMO Transfer Protocol (DTP), a platform-independent data mover framework specifically designed for the Internet of Floating Things applications, where data collected on board of professional or leisure vessels are stored locally and then moved from the edge to the cloud. We evaluate the performance achieved by the DTP in data movement in a controlled environment.