ABSTRACT
We are in the middle of a technological revolution in which embedded Internet of Things (IoT) technologies form key components of future intelligent systems that will impact many aspects of our lives. Some of these deployments are underway, and into some of the most critical infrastructure services on which our society depends, including gas, electricity oil, water treatment, telecommunications, transportation systems, and manufacturing. The wide adoption of IoT will present significant opportunities to criminals if security does not play a key role underpinning the development of these systems. In this chapter, we examine the viewpoints of both crime that targets IoT systems, and crime that makes use of IoT systems to effect criminal intent. We use industrial control systems which monitor and control critical infrastructure services as a case study to explain the security and crime challenges we face. We show how IoT could provide new doors to criminals if security is not addressed, and explain that a common ground between security engineering, safety engineering, crime science and forensics is necessary to provide the synergy to prevent future crime.
