Ethical hacking for boosting IoT vulnerability management

Ethical hacking for boosting IoT vulnerability management: A first look into bug bounty programs and responsible disclosure

Ding, Aaron Yi (TU Delft Information and Communication Technology)
De Jesus, Gianluca Limon (Student TU Delft)
Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (TU Delft Information and Communication Technology)

Lazarov, Andon (editor)
Shishkov, Boris (editor)
Mitrakos, Dimitris (editor)
Janssen, Marijn (editor)

2019

The security of the Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted much attention due to the growing number of IoT-oriented security incidents. IoT hardware and software security vulnerabilities are exploited affecting many companies and persons. Since the causes of vulnerabilities go beyond pure technical measures, there is a pressing demand nowadays to demystify IoT "security complex" and develop practical guidelines for both companies, consumers, and regulators. In this paper, we present an initial study targeting an unexplored sphere in IoT by illuminating the potential of crowdsource ethical hacking approaches for enhancing IoT vulnerability management. We focus on Bug Bounty Programs (BBP) and Responsible Disclosure (RD), which stimulate hackers to report vulnerability in exchange for monetary rewards. We carried out a qualitative investigation supported by literature survey and expert interviews to explore how BBP and RD can facilitate the practice of identifying, classifying, prioritizing, remediating, and mitigating IoT vulnerabilities in an effective and cost-efficient manner. Besides deriving tangible guidelines for IoT stakeholders, our study also sheds light on a systematic integration path to combine BBP and RD with existing security practices (e.g., penetration test) to further boost overall IoT security.

Bug Bounty Programs
Ethical Hacking
IoT Security
Responsible Disclosure
Vulnerability Management

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b24eb86e-e547-4bdb-8bcb-203a13c524d8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3357767.3357774

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

2020-03-01

9781450376693

ICTRS 2019 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Telecommunications and Remote Sensing

8th International Conference on Telecommunications and Remote Sensing, ICTRS 2019, 2019-09-16 → 2019-09-17, Rhodes, Greece

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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© 2019 Aaron Yi Ding, Gianluca Limon De Jesus, M.F.W.H.A. Janssen