Security monitoring system applied to IoT

Abstract

This project proposes a Security Monitoring System (SMS) applied to IoT applications, to monitor the system and analyze the information injected into the environment,
in order to detect and prevent threats and attacks. Because the scope of IoT is so vast, it facilitates the exchange of information and services, impacting the security and privacy of the involved parties. In consequence, the data it produces and collects is vital; making it the most valuable and desirable asset in today’s technological world. Security Monitoring Systems focus on two approaches to reduces attacks and protect
this data: reduce the environment vulnerabilities and reduce the amount of threats the environment can suffer.
The last method perfectly fits with IoT environments, being these systems perfect targets due to the vast amount of data they manage. Also, their inputs are completely variable which makes the vulnerabilities reduction an impossible task to execute. The SMS developed in this project was built using out-of-the-box technologies like Elastic SIEM, presenting several challenges that were solved successfully.