Biometric Security and Internet of Things (IoT)

Abstract

The human-to-machine and human-to-human communications are transforming to machine-to-machine communications by which several decision-making systems can be built. When different Internet enabled smart devices interact with each other's to achieve a goal (application depended), then a network is formed in which different sophisticated technologies will integrate to each other to form Internet of Things (IoT). It encompasses the vast amount of diverse smart devices, which collaborate with each other to achieve different smart applications like, smart cities, connected cars, automated agriculture and so on. Though Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Wireless, mobile and sensor technologies make IoT feasible, but it suffers from many challenges like scalability, security, and heterogeneity problems. Out of many challenges, security is one of the primary concerns in IoT. Without proper security and privacy, the business model of IoT will not succeed. This chapter discusses the secure solutions for IoT using biometric features of users as well as end users. The chapter will demonstrate that biometric security is most feasible, reliable and efficient with respect to other existing security arrangements.process is controlled to ensure quality of product by getting different parameter values from sensors [1], [2].IBM has launched Smart Home solution [7], better known as "Stratecast" to provide services to users allowing seamless communication among various smart devices in house, like medical devices, computers, mobiles, TVs, lighting, security and sound system. IBM is collaborating with Verizon as a communication service provider (CSP) and Philips as a device vendor to implement the architecture. Siemens, Cisco, Xerox, Microsoft, MIT and many others are working in this domain. They have set nearly 20 home labs using more than 30 home appliances, five network protocols and three Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques [8]. The Intel smart home platform supports recognition of family members by voice or face and personalizes the home. Intel provides IoT solutions for smarter building to support personalization by controlling over the office/living environment, mobility by enabling managers to monitor property remotely, and sustainability and efficiency in terms of saving energy, water and other building resources.Healthcare: Another impact area is healthcare [9], [10], where IoT can be used in tracking of people (i.e., patients and staff) or objects, recognition and verification of people, and automatic data collection [11]. Real-time tracking of person or objects in motion, in the case of patient-flow monitoring helps to manage staffing and improve the workflow in hospitals. Identification and authentication of staff secure the patients and help to avoid mistakes like wrong drug/dose/time. Automatic collection of clinical data must be enabled to enrich medical inventory. Real-time monitoring of patients is possible by attaching different sensors to measure body temperature, blood pressure, and heart response. These Io...

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