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Security for Wireless Sensor Networks

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Wireless Sensor Networks

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This chapter identifies the vulnerabilities associated with the operational paradigms currently employed by Wireless Sensor Networks. A survey of current WSN security research is presented. The security issues of Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks and infrastructure supported wireless networks are briefly compared and contrasted to the security concerns of Wireless Sensor Networks. A framework for implementing security in WSNs, which identifies the security measures necessary to mitigate the identified vulnerabilities is defined.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250

    Sasikanth Avancha, Jeffrey Undercoffer, Anupam Joshi & John Pinkston

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Southern California, California

    C. S. Raghavendra (Professor) (Professor)

  2. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Krishna M. Sivalingam (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  3. National Science Foundation/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh

    Taieb Znati (Program Director/Professor) (Program Director/Professor)

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Avancha, S., Undercoffer, J., Joshi, A., Pinkston, J. (2004). Security for Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Raghavendra, C.S., Sivalingam, K.M., Znati, T. (eds) Wireless Sensor Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-7884-2_12

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