Challenges and Solutions of Secure Smart Environments

Security challenges of smart spaces, e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, and smart cities based on Internet connected devices and systems, are related to the main philosophy of smart environments; the freedom to use available devices for the purpose in hand of end-users, and to make it happen easily and hopefully without human-intervention. But what are the security solutions that promote the business and technology development of smart space owners, device manufacturers and smart application developers? Because information security is a cross-cutting issue of the software intensive systems, it needs extra-ordinary solutions for balancing userfriendliness and trust-worthy behaviour of smart environments. This paper introduces an approach and related solutions developed in an ongoing Artemis-EU project, Sofia, for secure-enabled smart environments and user-friendly adaptation in a situationbased manner. A list of topics to be discussed in the workshop is also introduced.