Investigation of Smart Home Security and Privacy: Consumer Perception in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

One of the fastest and most developing technologies around the globe is the Internet of things (IoT). The research questions in this study focus on the security and privacy challenges for a smart home environment. The geographical region of Saudi Arabia is the selected boundary for the study. The study is focused on finding the problems associated with the Smart Home adaption in Saudi Arabia. However, there is a large phase shift, which is seen towards the increase of threats in smart homes. It is believed that the awareness by humans towards the use of these devices. The level of security offered by the devices, is one of the factors for these threats and privacy issues. This research targets to identify all the facts that can be discarded towards adaption of Smart Homes. It is desirable that a quantitative methodology must be implemented for identification of the population under threat due to IoT devices in smart homes. The views of the users are the major input values to trace the problems. The expected results from this research will provide all the factors which can be improved and provided with proper solution to avoid any security or privacy threats in the Saudi Arabian realm.