Securing the internet of things: A worst-case analysis of trade-off between query-anonymity and communication-cost

Kadhim Hayawi, Pin Han Ho, Sujith Samuel Mathew, Limei Peng

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Abstract

Cloud services are widely used to virtualize themanagement and actuation of the real-world the Internet ofThings (IoT). Due to the increasing privacy concerns regardingquerying untrusted cloud servers, query anonymity has becomea critical issue to all the stakeholders which are related toassessment of the dependability and security of the IoT system. The paper presents our study on the problem of query receiver-anonymityin the cloud-based IoT system, where the trade-offbetween the offered query-anonymity and the incurred communicationis considered. The paper will investigate whether theaccepted worst-case communication cost is sufficient to achieve aspecific query anonymity or not. By way of extensive theoreticalanalysis, it shows that the bounds of worst-case communicationcost is quadratically increased as the offered level of anonymityis increased, and they are quadratic in the network diameter forthe opposite range. Extensive simulation is conducted to verifythe analytical assertions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2017
EditorsTomoya Enokido, Hui-Huang Hsu, Chi-Yi Lin, Makoto Takizawa, Leonard Barolli
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages939-946
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781509060283
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 May 2017
Event31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2017 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 27 Mar 201729 Mar 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA
ISSN (Print)1550-445X

Conference

Conference31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2017
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period27/03/1729/03/17

Keywords

  • Anonymity
  • Cloud Computing
  • Cyber-physical Systems
  • Internet of Things
  • Provable Security
  • Query-Anonymity
  • Sensor-Cloud

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