Internet of Things: A Survey on Communication Protocol Security

Abstract

This paper presents a survey on the main security problems that affect the communication protocols in the context of Internet of Things, in order to identify possible threats and vulnerabilities. The protocols RFID, NFC, 6LoWPAN, 6TiSCH, DTSL, CoAP and MQTT, for a better organization, were explored and categorized in layers according to the TCP / IP reference model. At the end, a summary is presented in tabular form with the security modes used for each protocol is used.