Humans in the Loop: Cybersecurity Aspects in the Consumer IoT Context

With the growing popularity of the consumer Internet of Things devices in the society, there is an urgent need to understand the associated security and privacy risks. Currently, the consumer electronics (CE) community largely ignore the humans in the loop, while framing cybersecurity solutions in the IoT context. In this work, we stress on the need toward a human-centric approach to cybersecurity by shifting focus from “humans as a problem” to “humans as a solution.” We propose a Security & Privacy Preserving framework for illustrating how a human-centric approach can be initiated, what are its important components, and how security and privacy can be preserved with a human focus. We hope that the findings will help the CE community to realize the importance of a human-centric approach.