Publication detail

Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks

STAJANO, F. CVRČEK, D. LEWIS, M.

Original Title

Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks

Type

article in a collection out of WoS and Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

What are the real security issues for a wireless sensor network (WSN) intended to monitor the structural health of a suspension bridge, a subway tunnel or a water distribution pipe? Could an attack on the sensor network cause the structure to collapse? How easy is it for civil engineers or other domain experts to build a secure WSN using commercially available hardware and software? We answer these questions by conducting a qualitative risk assessment with bridge and subway tunnel operators and by conducting penetration testing on commonly available commercial WSN hardware and software, namely the Crossbow MICAz motes running TinyOS and XMesh and communicating over IEEE 802.15.4.

Keywords

security engineering, 802.15.4, tinyos, attack, jamming, routing

Authors

STAJANO, F.; CVRČEK, D.; LEWIS, M.

RIV year

2008

Released

14. 3. 2008

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Location

Berlin

ISBN

0302-9743

Periodical

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Number

5037

State

Federal Republic of Germany

Pages from

460

Pages to

478

Pages count

19

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT29548,
  author="Frank {Stajano} and Daniel {Cvrček} and Matt {Lewis}",
  title="Steel, Cast Iron and Concrete: Security Engineering for Real World Wireless Sensor Networks",
  booktitle="ACNS 2008",
  year="2008",
  series="LNCS",
  journal="Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
  number="5037",
  pages="460--478",
  publisher="Springer Verlag",
  address="Berlin",
  issn="0302-9743"
}