Ntuli, NAbu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI2017-06-072017-06-072016-05Ntuli, N. and Abu-Mahfouz, A.M.I. 2016. A simple security architecture for smart water management system. 11th International Symposium on Intelligent Techniques for Ad hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks, (IST-AWSN 2016), 23-26 May 2016, Madrid, Spain. Published in Procedia Computer Science, vol. 8: 1164-1169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2016.04.2391877-0509http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877050916302721https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2016.04.239http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9222© 2016 The Author(s). Under a Creative Commons licenseWater scarcity and water stress issues have become clear threat to the global population. This makes water management a critical aspect to ensure sustainable water. An efficient water management system requires thousands of constraint devices (sensors and/or actuators) to be deployed across the water distribution network to enable near-real time monitoring and control of the water grid components. Security at both the device and network level is critical to the operation of such a system. Although several IT security controls have developed over the past few decades, they cannot be used directly with such constraint devices. This is due to their limited resources and unique requirements. However, some of these techniques can be adapted and used with these constraint devices. In this paper, we propose security architecture for smart water management systems, the architecture leverages existing security solutions and design patterns.enSmart water management systemSecurity architectureAccess tokenSmart waterIoT securityConference PresentationNtuli, N., & Abu-Mahfouz, A. M. (2016). A simple security architecture for smart water management system. Elsevier. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9222Ntuli, N, and Adnan MI Abu-Mahfouz. "A simple security architecture for smart water management system." (2016): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9222Ntuli N, Abu-Mahfouz AM, A simple security architecture for smart water management system; Elsevier; 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9222 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Ntuli, N AU - Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI AB - Water scarcity and water stress issues have become clear threat to the global population. This makes water management a critical aspect to ensure sustainable water. An efficient water management system requires thousands of constraint devices (sensors and/or actuators) to be deployed across the water distribution network to enable near-real time monitoring and control of the water grid components. Security at both the device and network level is critical to the operation of such a system. Although several IT security controls have developed over the past few decades, they cannot be used directly with such constraint devices. This is due to their limited resources and unique requirements. However, some of these techniques can be adapted and used with these constraint devices. In this paper, we propose security architecture for smart water management systems, the architecture leverages existing security solutions and design patterns. DA - 2016-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Smart water management system KW - Security architecture KW - Access token KW - Smart water KW - IoT security LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2016 SM - 1877-0509 T1 - A simple security architecture for smart water management system TI - A simple security architecture for smart water management system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9222 ER -