Critical security issues on internet of things

Lots of analysis and development work goes on within the field of internet of Things. Gartner, Inc. has conjointly foretold that 6.4 billion connected things are in use worldwide in 2016 and can reach 20.8 billion by 2020. Internet of Things has such a large amount of applications in today’s day to day life like Home automation, Healthcare, Smart grid, sensible automobile etc., and its generating large quantity of data which these devices are sharing. It results in several security issues like the way to secure these devices, knowledge and communication from unauthorized access. IoT uses minimal capability “things” (devices) and wireless technology for communication that makes it a lot of vulnerable. While without providing enough security, the promising benefits of Internet of Things will be misused and worthless. In this paper we are going to discuss in short regarding internet of Things, its applications, security necessities, security problems and major security threats.