TY - GEN
T1 - Opportunistic sensing
T2 - 1st International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops, COMSNETS 2009
AU - Kapadia, Apu
AU - Kotz, David
AU - Triandopoulos, Nikos
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We study the security challenges that arise in opportunistic people-centric sensing, a new sensing paradigm leveraging humans as part of the sensing infrastructure. Most prior sensor-network research has focused on collecting and processing environmental data using a static topology and an application-aware infrastructure, whereas opportunistic sensing involves collecting, storing, processing and fusing large volumes of data related to everyday human activities. This highly dynamic and mobile setting, where humans are the central focus, presents new challenges for information security, because data originates from sensors carried by people- not tiny sensors thrown in the forest or attached to animals. In this paper we aim to instigate discussion of this critical issue, because opportunistic people-centric sensing will never succeed without adequate provisions for security and privacy. To that end, we outline several important challenges and suggest general solutions that hold promise in this new sensing paradigm.
AB - We study the security challenges that arise in opportunistic people-centric sensing, a new sensing paradigm leveraging humans as part of the sensing infrastructure. Most prior sensor-network research has focused on collecting and processing environmental data using a static topology and an application-aware infrastructure, whereas opportunistic sensing involves collecting, storing, processing and fusing large volumes of data related to everyday human activities. This highly dynamic and mobile setting, where humans are the central focus, presents new challenges for information security, because data originates from sensors carried by people- not tiny sensors thrown in the forest or attached to animals. In this paper we aim to instigate discussion of this critical issue, because opportunistic people-centric sensing will never succeed without adequate provisions for security and privacy. To that end, we outline several important challenges and suggest general solutions that hold promise in this new sensing paradigm.
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U2 - 10.1109/COMSNETS.2009.4808850
DO - 10.1109/COMSNETS.2009.4808850
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:66549119801
SN - 9781424429127
T3 - 1st International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops, COMSNETS 2009
BT - 1st International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks and Workshops, COMSNETS 2009
Y2 - 5 January 2009 through 10 January 2009
ER -