Zuhaib Bari Mufti¹ and Mahmoud Elkhodr², ¹ Western Sydney University, Australia and ² Central Queensland University, Australia

The IoT is a rich and dynamic network of interconnected networks where various devices share information, create knowledge and perform actuations events. In such an environment, it is important to precisely trace the origin of data and the events that contributed to their changes. This concept has long been known as provenance. This paper attempts to shade some lights on the importance of data provenance in the IoT, its application, and the challenges associated with data provenance in the IoT.

Internet of Things, Wireless Network, Data Provenance, Security & Trust