The current development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology poses significant challenges to researchers and industry practitioners. Among these challenges, security and reliability particularly deserve attention. In this paper, we provide a consolidated analysis of the root causes of these challenges, their relations, and their possible impacts on IoT systems' general quality characteristics. Further understanding of these challenges is useful for IoT quality engineers when defining testing strategies for their systems and researchers to consider when discussing possible research directions. In this study, twenty specific features of current IoT systems are discussed, divided into five main categories: (1) Economic, managerial and organisational aspects, (2) Infrastructural challenges, (3) Security and privacy challenges, (4) Complexity challenges and (5) Interoperability problems.
翻译:目前“物联网”技术的发展给研究人员和业界从业人员带来了重大挑战,其中安全性和可靠性问题特别值得注意,我们在本文件中综合分析了这些挑战的根源、它们之间的关系及其对“物联网”系统一般质量特点可能产生的影响,进一步理解这些挑战对“物联网”质量工程师在界定其系统和研究人员的测试战略时有用,以便他们在讨论可能的研究方向时加以考虑。本研究报告讨论了目前“物联网”系统的20个具体特点,分为五大类:(1)经济、管理和组织方面,(2)基础设施方面的挑战,(3)安全和隐私方面的挑战,(4)复杂性和(5)互操作性问题。