Towards a Visual Grammar for IoT Systems Representation and their Cybersecurity Requirements

Alain Gomez-Cabrera; Ponciano J. Escamilla-Ambrosio; Abraham Rodriguez-Mota; Jassim Happa

doi:10.1109/COLCOM50121.2020.9219771

Towards a Visual Grammar for IoT Systems Representation and their Cybersecurity Requirements

Alain Gomez-Cabrera, Ponciano J. Escamilla-Ambrosio, Abraham Rodriguez-Mota, Jassim Happa

Centro de Investigación en Computación (CIC)

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Abstract

In this paper we present progress towards visual iconography (elements) and a grammar for Internet of Things (IoT) system representations and their cybersecurity requirements. Our visual representation of IoT systems aims to facilitate the identification of the IoT attack surface and the vulnerabilities that an attacker may exploit. The paper first outlines the basic visual elements and the associated grammar, which are then applied to a series of smart home IoT use cases to demonstrate how these can be used to represent these networks and their cybersecurity requirements in a visual and intuitive way. The motivation behind this work is to improve our ability to reason about IoT attack surfaces towards improving our defense capabilities for those systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings
Editors	Fabian Esteban Martinez Lopez
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728187150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM50121.2020.9219771
State	Published - Aug 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Barranquilla, Colombia Duration: 7 Aug 2020 → 8 Aug 2020

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Name	2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings

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Conference	2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020
Country/Territory	Colombia
City	Barranquilla
Period	7/08/20 → 8/08/20

Keywords

Attack Surface
Cyber-Physical Systems
Cybersecurity
Internet of things
Visual Grammar

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Gomez-Cabrera, A., Escamilla-Ambrosio, P. J., Rodriguez-Mota, A., & Happa, J. (2020). Towards a Visual Grammar for IoT Systems Representation and their Cybersecurity Requirements. In F. E. Martinez Lopez (Ed.), 2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings Article 9219771 (2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM50121.2020.9219771

Gomez-Cabrera, Alain ; Escamilla-Ambrosio, Ponciano J. ; Rodriguez-Mota, Abraham et al. / Towards a Visual Grammar for IoT Systems Representation and their Cybersecurity Requirements. 2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings. editor / Fabian Esteban Martinez Lopez. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. (2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings).

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Gomez-Cabrera, A, Escamilla-Ambrosio, PJ , Rodriguez-Mota, A & Happa, J 2020, Towards a Visual Grammar for IoT Systems Representation and their Cybersecurity Requirements. in FE Martinez Lopez (ed.), 2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings., 9219771, 2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020, Barranquilla, Colombia, 7/08/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM50121.2020.9219771

Towards a Visual Grammar for IoT Systems Representation and their Cybersecurity Requirements. / Gomez-Cabrera, Alain; Escamilla-Ambrosio, Ponciano J.; Rodriguez-Mota, Abraham et al.
2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings. ed. / Fabian Esteban Martinez Lopez. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. 9219771 (2020 IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing, COLCOM 2020 - Proceedings).

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