A Conceptual Trust Model for the Internet of Things Interactions

In the new world that is called the Internet of Things (IoT), people, machines and products communicate with each other via the internet. Trust plays an important role in communications and interactions of objects in this world and is considered as a key factor in the success of online transactions. In this paper, we fist review different definitions of trust and go through the models presented for trust management in this new internet. Inspired by how people put trust to work in everyday social life, we propose a conceptual model that caters for the needs of IoT. The proposed model is capable of working in highly dynamic and decentralized networks. It has multiple parameters which can be tuned to satisfy the level of trust requirements in a specific application.