A recent survey on challenges in security and privacy in internet of things

Computing environment in IoT (Internet of Things) is surrounded with huge amounts of heterogeneous data fulfilling many services in everyone's daily life. Since, communication process in IoT takes place using different devices such as smart phones, sensors, mobile devices, household devices, embedded equipment etc. With the use of these variety of devices, the exchange of data in open internet environment is prone to vulnerabilities. The main cause for these vulnerabilities is the weaknesses in the design of software components and hardware components. Bridging communications gaps in the IoT is a complex process as the data is from heterogeneous sources. An effort is made in this paper to discuss various challenges that are being faced in security and privacy of data. This will be very much helpful for researchers who want to pursue research.