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The Security of Internet of Things: Current State and Future Directions

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Information Systems (EMCIS 2017)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 299))

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Although the technical approach to securing the Internet of Things (IoT) witnesses considerable scholarly efforts, approaching the phenomenon from a social lens received scant attention. In this paper, I address this gap by perceiving the security of IoT as a social process. I view IoT security resulting from collective efforts among different actors. By examining such efforts in three cases; connected cars, wearable technologies, and smart home I shed light on the social process of IoT security and derive valuable insights that can enlighten future directions.

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  1. Department of Management Information Systems, School of Business, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

    Laila Dahabiyeh

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  1. Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

    Marinos Themistocleous

  2. Department of Management and Technology, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

    Vincenzo Morabito

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Dahabiyeh, L. (2017). The Security of Internet of Things: Current State and Future Directions. In: Themistocleous, M., Morabito, V. (eds) Information Systems. EMCIS 2017. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 299. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65930-5_33

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