A Survey on Security in Wireless Sensor Networks
Book chapter > Chapter Other Book · 2013
Authors: Ilker Korkmaz, Orhan DAĞDEVİREN, Fatih Tekbacak, Mehmet Emin Dalkilic
Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics, Chapter Other Book, IGI Global, B, International, 2013, pp 223-251, ,
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4030-6.ch010
Summary
Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a promising technology that has attracted the interest of research in the last decade. Security is one of the fundamental issues in sensor networks since sensor nodes are very resource constrained. An attacker may modify, insert, and delete new hardware and software components to the system where a single node, a specific part of the sensing area, and the whole network may become inoperable. Thus, the design of early attack detection and defense mechanisms must be carefully considered. In this chapter, the authors survey attacks and their defense mechanisms in WSNs. Attacks are categorized according to the related protocol layer. They also investigate the open research issues and emerging technologies on security in WSNs.