Communication Technologies and Security Challenges in IoT: An Introduction

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become integral to our daily lives. IoT is tightly governed by the principles of communication and the technologies around it. Thus an in-depth discussion on Communication Technologies and Security Challenges in IoT is required for a professional to design and develop IoT applications. The core aspects that need elaborate discussion are being brought forward in this chapter. It is identified here that three major aspects of IoT Security are vital and require extensive discussion. They are, Communication methodologies and their security challenges, Application areas and approaches addressing several security issues, and the advancements/New trends in IoT communication and related security aspects.