Solution providers must go beyond mobile devices’ inadequate built-in security mechanisms while also ensuring the necessary “always-on” connectivity for reliably exchanging safety-critical data and commands between smartphone apps, the IoT devices and the cloud.
Secure Technology Alliance Webinar Series: Role of PKI in IoT & Trusting Data at the Edge
Get Practical IoT Security Training in Secure Technology Alliance Boot Camp Workshop at IoT Security Summit
By 2025 there will be more than 55 million internet-connected devices, leaving the potential for millions of unsecured access points in businesses, homes and cities. To lead the industry toward an ultimately safer IoT ecosystem, the Secure Technology Alliance will host a half-day IoT security boot camp this October for non-technical business professionals who are designing or deploying internet-connected devices.
Securing IoT in an Insecure World
Record-breaking DDoS Attacks Highlight Critical Need for Embedded Security in Connected IoT Devices
A cascading string of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks—most recently taking down parts of hundreds of sites including Twitter, Netflix, Spotify, Airbnb, Reddit and The New York Times—has demonstrated record-breaking volumes that are overwhelming website defenses. The four-fold growth in attack size over the last year is being driven by hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices hackers are adding to their botnets, according to industry sources.
Security of Things 2016 Recap: A Focus on IoT Device and Data Security Challenges and Solutions
Executives from the Internet of Things (IoT) and security industries gathered in Chicago last week for the Smart Card Alliance’s 2016 Security of Things conference, where they provided insights and perspectives on security, privacy and authentication in the rapidly growing IoT ecosystem.
Is Your Barbie Doll Spying on You? Why Security is a Must in Every IoT Device
The security and privacy of IoT-enabled devices is a popular topic amongst connected car manufacturers, smart home developers and connected wearables. But as seemingly harmless things like Barbie dolls, stuffed animals and toy droids become connected to the IoT (and they are), what measures are being taken to ensure the security and privacy of those devices, if any? And is security a concern for something so ordinary?
