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IoT in Agriculture: Security Challenges and Solutions

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Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Applications (ICAISE 2023)

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Abstract

The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) pertains to employing conventional Internet protocols to facilitate interactions between humans and objects, as well as between objects themselves. Functioning with machines and entities, IoT enables computation, communication, and collaboration among interconnected elements. This integration has extended to various facets of agriculture such as cultivation, surveillance, processing, marketing, and consumer engagement. While recognized security needs for IoT systems have prompted standardization efforts and proposed security mechanisms, persisting challenges and gaps remain due to both unresolved use cases and inadequate security provisions in many deployed IoT devices and systems. This study offers a cybersecurity-oriented overview of IoT-based agriculture, exploring potential applications of IoT devices, classifying agriculture's IoT architecture into four layers, scrutinizing security threats, and proposing effective countermeasures based on IoT architectural layers. An innovative IoT-driven smart agriculture model, fortified by security measures, is also proposed to mitigate cyber threats and enhance agricultural productivity.

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  1. Electronic Systems, Information Processing, Mechanics and Energy Laboratory, IbnTofail University, Kenitra, Morocco

    Khaoula Taji, Khaoula Taji, Ilyas Ghanimi & Fadoua Ghanimi

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Moulay Ismail University, Errachidia, Morocco

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  2. Centre of AI and Robotics, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

    Amir Hussain

  3. Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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  4. University Canada West, Vancouver, Canada

    Hamed Taherdoost

  5. Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

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Taji, K., Ghanimi, I., Ghanimi, F. (2024). IoT in Agriculture: Security Challenges and Solutions. In: Farhaoui, Y., Hussain, A., Saba, T., Taherdoost, H., Verma, A. (eds) Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Applications. ICAISE 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 837. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48465-0_14

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