One size does not fit all - how to approach intrusion detection in wireless sensor networks

A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a highly distributed network of resource constrained and wireless devices called sensor nodes. In the work we consider intrusion detection systems as they are proper mechanisms to defend internal attacks on WSNs. A wide diversity of WSN applications on one side and limited resources on other side implies that "one-fit-all" intrusion detection system is not optimal. We present a conceptual proposal for a suite of tools that enable an automatic design of intrusion detection system that will be (near) optimal for a given network topology, capabilities of sensor nodes and anticipated attacks.

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