Usable Security and Privacy in the Internet of Things – a Pattern-Based Approach

Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are an emerging trend. Often, however, security and privacy requirements are not adequately considered, leading to flawed products. The lack of transparency and intervenability is especially critical for end users. Therefore, in this dissertation project and in the context of an mHealth (mobile health, i.e. using mobile and wireless technologies for health) use case, several aspects of privacy and security (especially from a user perspective), e.g. pseudonymity, data minimization, confidentiality, etc. are addressed and the usability of the proposed concepts is analyzed. From the experience of this use case, as well as from literature research,