Citation
Alvaro Cardenas, Tanya Roosta, Shankar Sastry. "Rethinking Security Properties, Threat Models and the Design Space in Sensor Networks : A case study in SCADA systems". Ad Hoc Networks, pp. in publication, May 2009.

Abstract
In recent years we have witnessed the emergence and establishment of research in sensor network security. The majority of the literature has focused on discovering numerous vulnerabilities and attacks against sensor networks, along with suggestions for corresponding countermeasures. However, there has been little guidance for understanding the holistic nature of sensor network security for practical deployments. In this paper, we discuss these concerns and propose a taxonomy composed of the security properties of the sensor network, the threat model, and the security design space. In particular, we try to understand the application-layer goals of a sensor network, and provide a guide to research challenges that need to be addressed in order to prioritize our defenses against threats to application-layer goals.

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  Alvaro Cardenas, Tanya Roosta, Shankar Sastry.
  "Rethinking Security Properties, Threat Models and the
  Design Space in Sensor Networks : A case study in SCADA
  systems". <i>Ad Hoc Networks</i>, pp. in
  publication, May 2009.

• BibTeX

  @article{CardenasRoostaSastry09_RethinkingSecurityPropertiesThreatModelsDesignSpace,
      author = {Alvaro Cardenas and Tanya Roosta and Shankar Sastry},
      title = {Rethinking Security Properties, Threat Models and
                the Design Space in Sensor Networks : A case study
                in SCADA systems},
      journal = {Ad Hoc Networks},
      pages = {in publication},
      month = {May},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {In recent years we have witnessed the emergence
                and establishment of research in sensor network
                security. The majority of the literature has
                focused on discovering numerous vulnerabilities
                and attacks against sensor networks, along with
                suggestions for corresponding countermeasures.
                However, there has been little guidance for
                understanding the holistic nature of sensor
                network security for practical deployments. In
                this paper, we discuss these concerns and propose
                a taxonomy composed of the security properties of
                the sensor network, the threat model, and the
                security design space. In particular, we try to
                understand the application-layer goals of a sensor
                network, and provide a guide to research
                challenges that need to be addressed in order to
                prioritize our defenses against threats to
                application-layer goals.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/598.html}
  }
  

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