A Security Architecture for Mobile Computing-Based IoT

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a complex technology with various applications that have become a vital part of our everyday life. The amount of Internet of Things and linked devices continues to rise. In terms of bandwidth, service availability, security controls, cyber-attacks and privacy problems, transporting the huge data created by these IoT devices to the cloud offers concern and challenges comprising of intermittent connection, service unavailability, data loss at rest, in use and in motion, unhardened device and server, unpatched device and server and exploitation vulnerabilities. Mobile computing (MC) is a strategic solution to tackle these difficulties by offering flexible data processing and storage to end users, increase security controls and with customized IoT devices for varied geographic locations. This paper is providing a complete description of the IoT architecture's components. After that, it elaborates on similar security threats and potential cyber-attacks in the context of mobile computing-based IoT and suggested solutions. In conclusion, we provide a secure mobile-computing-based architecture design for IoT applications.