Towards an Extensible IoT Security Taxonomy

Abstract

Security is essential in the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT threat classifications are often non-intuitive to use. Identifying relevant properties of an attack is difficult and requires reading details of the attack. We therefore propose a simple-to-use naming scheme for IoT threat classification. It is based on the affected layers and the affected security goals. We evaluate the usefulness of the chosen approach by applying it to common IoT threats.