Cyber Security Challenges in Smart Homes

Abstract

Smart homes have emerged because people wanted to improve and optimize the comfort in their homes, minimizing at the same time daily home responsibilities. The first automated home systems have been presented at the Chicago and New York World Fairs in 1934 and 1939. Introducing more wires in the home was carried out by some hobbyists in the 1960-ies but at the time, technologies did not offer too many options for optimization and efficiency in the house. The expression “smart house” is regarded first to be used by the American Association of Housebuilders in 1984 [1].