A Monitoring and Control Gateway for IoT Edge Devices in Smart Home

Security aspects of Internet of Things (IoT) systems are not well understood. Therefore, the rapid adoption of systems using IoT technologies is poised to create a large number of exposed systems with new security exploits and vulnerabilities. This is especially critical for systems deployed in a smart home environment. Any vulnerabilities or security issues in such a system can compromise the physical security of residents and the exchange of data by unsophisticated edge devices can have severe ramifications if not addressed properly. Edge-devices contribute significantly to security risks for these IoT systems. Edge-devices are based on resource-constrained, wireless-enabled microcontrollers typically running primitive operating systems. The resource-constrained nature of edge devices, in tandem with IoT network protocols, creates many unique security challenges. This work presents a generic IoT Monitoring and Control Gateway (MCG) providing edge security testing and control measures. These measures allow homeowners to enforce levels of security to the edge layer consisting of home appliances and gadgets. The MCG found many vulnerabilities in various home appliances like cameras, routers and music streaming systems.