Information Security in Wireless Sensor Networks

Abdelraouf Ouadjaout (1) , Miloud Bagaa (1) , Abdelmalik Bachir (2) , Yacine Challal (3) , Nouredine Lasla (4) , Lyes Khelladi (5)

1 LSI - Laboratoire des Systèmes Informatiques
2 ADELE - Environnements et outils pour le Génie Logiciel Industriel
3 Heudiasyc - Heuristique et Diagnostic des Systèmes Complexes [Compiègne]
4 INI - Institut National de formation en Informatique
5 CERIST - Centre de recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique

In this chapter, we provide a comprehensive survey of security issues in wireless sensor networks. We show that the main features of WSNs, namely their limited resources, wireless communications, and close physical coupling with environment, are the main causes of the their security vulnerabilities. We discuss the main attacks stemming from these vulnerabilities, along with the solutions proposed in the literature to cope with them. The security solutions are analyzed with respect to the different layers of the network protocol stack and cover the following issues: Key management, secure data dissemination, secure data aggregation, secure channel access and secure node compromise.

Mots clés: Key management; data dissemination security; data aggregation security; denial of service countermeasures; energy exhaustion attacks

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Abdelraouf Ouadjaout, Miloud Bagaa, Abdelmalik Bachir, Yacine Challal, Nouredine Lasla, et al.. Information Security in Wireless Sensor Networks. Dharma P Agrawal, Bin Xie. Encyclopedia on Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing, World Scientific, pp.427-472, 2009, 978-981-283-349-5. ⟨10.1142/9789812833495_0017⟩. ⟨hal-00543985⟩