A Secure Hybrid Cloud Enabled Architecture for Internet of Things

Rapid advances in digitalization, Internet and world wide web enable the communication between two computing hosts across any location in the globe. Pervasive or ubiquitous computing enhanced this to a level that any two intelligent physical objects can communicate with each other, anytime and anywhere. Internet of Things (IoT) is a novel paradigm emerging from ubiquitous computing that facilitates communication between many real world objects by collaboration of various technologies. Integrating IoT with Cloud Computing derives manifold advantages to store and process enormous data generated by heterogeneous devices. Though both the technologies together have profound effect in many application areas like smart home, smart agriculture, healthcare etc., their integration involves many challenges. Security is one of the most important issues confronted by IoT-Cloud architecture. In this paper, we propose a Secure, Hybrid, Cloud Enabled architecture for IoT (SHCEI), which uses hybrid cloud (both public and private cloud). This architecture ensures security of intradomain data and will also address issues of scalability and interoperability. Further, we highlight some of the research challenges in implementing the combined architecture of Cloud and IoT.