A decentralized intrusion detection system for increasing security of wireless sensor networks

Large-scale sensor networks, monitoring an environment at close range with high spatial and temporal resolutions are expected to play an important role in various applications, e.g., assessing the "health" of machines; environmental, medical, food-safety, and habitat monitoring; inventory control, building automation, etc. Ensuring the security of these complex and yet resource-constrained systems has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges for researchers. In this paper (i) we present the major threats, and (ii) we present a new approach for decentralized energy efficient intrusion detection that can be used to improve security from both external and internal adversaries. © 2007 IEEE.