Multi-Layer Approach for the Detection of Selective Forwarding Attacks

Security breaches are a major threat in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs are increasingly used due to their broad range of important applications in both military and civilian domains. WSNs are prone to several types of security attacks. Sensor nodes have limited capacities and are often deploy...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2015-11, Vol.15 (11), p.29332-29345
Main Authors: Alajmi, Naser, Elleithy, Khaled
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer information security
Computer science
Data transmission
Energy consumption
Networks
Remote sensors
Security
selective forwarding attacks
Sensors
Traffic engineering
Traffic flow
Wireless networks
wireless sensor networks
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Summary:Security breaches are a major threat in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). WSNs are increasingly used due to their broad range of important applications in both military and civilian domains. WSNs are prone to several types of security attacks. Sensor nodes have limited capacities and are often deployed in dangerous locations; therefore, they are vulnerable to different types of attacks, including wormhole, sinkhole, and selective forwarding attacks. Security attacks are classified as data traffic and routing attacks. These security attacks could affect the most significant applications of WSNs, namely, military surveillance, traffic monitoring, and healthcare. Therefore, there are different approaches to detecting security attacks on the network layer in WSNs. Reliability, energy efficiency, and scalability are strong constraints on sensor nodes that affect the security of WSNs. Because sensor nodes have limited capabilities in most of these areas, selective forwarding attacks cannot be easily detected in networks. In this paper, we propose an approach to selective forwarding detection (SFD). The approach has three layers: MAC pool IDs, rule-based processing, and anomaly detection. It maintains the safety of data transmission between a source node and base station while detecting selective forwarding attacks. Furthermore, the approach is reliable, energy efficient, and scalable.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s151129332