From Problem to Solution : Wireless Sensor Networks Security

by Jiang, Zhen; Pan, Yi

• ISBN13: 9781604564570
• ISBN10: 1604564571
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc

Summary

Reserving data authenticity in a hostile environment, where the sensor nodes may be compromised, is a critical security issue for wireless sensor networks. In such networks, once a real event is detected, nearby sensors generate data reports which are subsequently forwarded to the data collection point. However, the subverted sensors, which have access to the stored secret keys, can launch attacks to compromise data authenticity. They can act as sources for forged reports and inject an unlimited number of bogus reports that fabricate false events "happening" at arbitrary locations in the field. Such false reports may exhaust network energy and bandwidth resources, trigger false alarms and undesired reactions. The authors explain such attacks and that which can be roughly categorised as isolated attacks by each individual compromised node or colluding attacks by a group of collaborating impostors.

Table of Contents

Preserving Data Authenticity in Wireless Sensor Networks: Attacks and Countermeasures

Location Tracking Attack in Ad Hoc Networks based on Topology Information

Prevention of DoS Attack in Sensor Networks using Repeated Game Theory

Impact of Packet Injection Models on Misbehavior Detection Performance in Wireless Sensor Networks

Security Aware Routing in Hierarchical Optical Sensor Networks

Secure Multi-path Data Delivery in Sensor Networks

Secure Localisation for Wireless Sensor and Actor Network

A Formal Approach

An Energy Efficient Public Key Cryptosystem for Large Scale Wireless Sensor Networks

Energy Consumption of Security Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks

Foundations and Example Constructions

Asynchronous Random Key Pre-distribution in the Leap Framework for Wireless Sensor Networks

Secure K-Connectivity Properties of Wireless Sensor Networks

Gateway Subset Difference Revocation

Authenticated Key Exchange with Group Support for Wireless Sensor Networks

Tradeoff between Key-Exchange Frequency and Network Lifetime for Interconnected IEEE 802.15.4 Beacon Enabled Clusters

Secure Access Control from Location-Based Applications in WLAN Systems

Practical User Access Control in Sensor Networks

Index

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