Title :
Security for wireless sensor networks: A review
Author :
Healy, Michael ; Newe, Thomas ; Lewis, Elfed
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Limerick, Limerick
Abstract :
Due to the sensitive nature of the data gathered by many wireless sensor networks (WSNs) it is becoming critical that this data be protected. However, due to the constrained nature of the resources available on sensor nodes, traditional wireless networking security solutions are not viable due to their processing requirements, power consumption, speed and communications overhead. We review the threats and attacks faced by WSNs and then the current state of the art of dedicated WSN security protocols are examined and compared, focusing on their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Keywords :
protocols; telecommunication security; wireless sensor networks; WSN security protocols; data protection; sensor nodes; wireless networking security; wireless sensor networks security; Application software; Communication system security; Computer security; Data security; Energy resources; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Synthetic aperture sonar; USA Councils; Wireless sensor networks; attacks; performance; security; sensor nodes; threats; wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Sensors Applications Symposium, 2009. SAS 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2786-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2787-1
DOI :
10.1109/SAS.2009.4801782
