IoTOne: Integrated platform for heterogeneous IoT devices

Internet of Things (IoT) refer to a group of smart devices connected over a common network which can improve the quality of our lives either via automation of various home chores e.g. switching on lights at certain pre-programmed hours or allowing remote control of home appliances. While IoT offers a promising future for automation, convenience and analytics, it currently faces many issues that prevent private industry or residential home owners from deploying them. Two major issues include security concerns and device incompatibilities among different IoT platforms. A recent research paper has exposed the insecurity of the SmartThings framework which allows over privileged access of third party apps to all capabilities of a SmartThings device. This combined with unsafe dynamic method invocation exposes home owners to dangerous manipulations of deployed IoT devices e.g. unlock a home. To overcome this vulnerability, users may choose an open source platform e.g. openHab. However, openHab suffers from limited device compatibility issue since it does not support most of the SmartThings devices. Thus, we propose our IoTOne solution which supports heterogeneous IoT devices and avoids both the security vulnerabilities and the limited device compatibilities issues. Our IoTOne solution also checks for security vulnerabilities before publishing IoTOne App.