Autonomic Methods for Mitigating Threats to the Internet of Things (IoT)

Increasing improvements to wireless technology, coupled with enhancements to device miniaturization, have fueled the advancement of a networking infrastructure referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT). In the IoT devices and software within these devices are designed to interact directly with each other. As these IoT systems are ostensibly designed to require minimal human intervention it seems reasonable to suggest automated methods for securing these systems would be highly appropriate [2]. This paper seeks to evaluate significant developments in network security protection mechanisms as they apply to our current understanding of the Internet of Things and seeks to uncover as well as possibly suggest new areas of network security development in the IoT arena. Additionally, this paper will analyze information from scholarly sources and evaluate different methods, strategies and frameworks related to IoT security