title: Game Theory Meets Wireless Sensor Networks Security Requirements and Threats Mitigation: A Survey.
abstract: We present a study of using game theory for protecting wireless sensor networks (WSNs) from selfish behavior or malicious nodes. Due to scalability, low complexity and disseminated nature of WSNs, malicious attacks can be modeled effectively using game theory. In this study, we survey the different game-theoretic defense strategies for WSNs. We present a taxonomy of the game theory approaches based on the nature of the attack, whether it is caused by an external attacker or it is the result of an internal node acting selfishly or maliciously. We also present a general trust model using game theory for decision making. We, finally, identify the significant role of evolutionary games for WSNs security against intelligent attacks; then, we list several prospect applications of game theory to enhance the data trustworthiness and node cooperation in different WSNs.
authors.affiliation: Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), 21934 Alexandria, Egypt. mohamed.abdelzaher@ejust.edu.eg.|Center of Japan-Egypt Cooperation in Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. mohamed.abdelzaher@ejust.edu.eg.
authors.forename: Mohamed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abdalzaher
authors.affiliation: Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, American University in Cairo, Cairo 11835, Egypt. kseddik@aucegypt.edu.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seddik
authors.affiliation: Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), 21934 Alexandria, Egypt. maha.elsabrouty@ejust.edu.eg.
authors.forename: Maha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elsabrouty
authors.affiliation: Center of Japan-Egypt Cooperation in Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. muta@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Muta
authors.affiliation: Center of Japan-Egypt Cooperation in Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan. furuhiro@ait.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.affiliation: Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), 21934 Alexandria, Egypt. adel.bedair@ejust.edu.eg.
authors.forename: Adel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abdel-Rahman
keywords: WSNs applications; WSNs security; evolutionary game; game theory; game-theoretic based trust model