IoT Security: Solutions to Mitigate Attacks

Abstract:

The Internet of Things is one of the most revolutionary technologies since the past few years that has brought to humans unprecedented levels of connectivity, providing functionality and appliances in different industries across the world. However, as with everything that has connection to the internet, IoT is also not exempted from security attacks and risks. This technology faces various privacy and cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and if these vulnerabilities are taken advantage of by attackers it can bring severe consequences and threats to homes and industries. Conventional security methods seem to be not achievable for IoT devices, that is why this work presents an introduction on what is an IoT device, what is the magnitude of the risk in security they are exposed. The three pillars on security of IoT devices are discussed to understand the importance and how the security methods work to maintain all the three pillars. After introducing the topic, different mitigation solutions by multiple authors are discussed in this work to help us have a clear view on the landscape of the risk and vulnerabilities on IoT devices that can affect the usage and confidence on them.

• Periodical: Engineering Innovations (Volume 16)
• Pages: 107-114
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-2GUuyA
• Online since: January 2026
• Authors: Andrea Gisselle Menjivar*
• Keywords: IoT, Mitigation, Security

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