TRUST MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY ASSURANCE IN PERVASIVE MOBILE ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Substantial growth of distributed computing and wireless sensor networks moving towards the vision of pervasive computing to create human-centric smart space by embedding technology in our routine activities. Such networks are highly dynamic and heterogeneous where dissimilar resource-restricted devices interacting seamlessly. There is no fixed infrastructure and centralized control. Set of connections relies on the convergence of wireless technologies, advanced electronics and the Internet to communicate seamlessly with other devices as tiny sensors. Mobility is also an important concern at different levels depending on access point and location. newlineIn the extended computing periphery it needs to shift away from classical and intrusive security schemes to trust based security evaluations, context awareness, balancing security assurance tradeoffs with pervasive applications and service acceptance and adoption. Security assurance is needed to ensure level of confidence on functional specification of the system as intended with traditional security schemes. Pervasive computing has the potential to deliver high performance, user-centric solutions at affordable cost at remote, rural, marginalized areas where remote services are often scarce or absent altogether with broad range of applications in every engineering, commercial and community well-being activities. The usability and expansion depends greatly on the security assurance trust and authentication for device to user paradigm. Reasonably such needs encourage us for proposed work which can significantly contribute to integrate the socio-technical perspective for pervasive applications or services deployment access anywhere, anytime for community wellbeing. In this research work, our aim is to explore trust and security concerns in resource-restricted, highly dynamic environment like pervasive and recommend a trustworthy, secure energy efficient application framework with consistent user experiences through seamless communication where information is ubiquitous.