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Practical Internet of Things Security

By : Drew Van Duren, Brian Russell
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Practical Internet of Things Security

By: Drew Van Duren, Brian Russell

Overview of this book

With the advent of Internet of Things (IoT), businesses will be faced with defending against new types of threats. The business ecosystem now includes cloud computing infrastructure, mobile and fixed endpoints that open up new attack surfaces, a desire to share information with many stakeholders and a need to take action quickly based on large quantities of collected data. . It therefore becomes critical to ensure that cyber security threats are contained to a minimum when implementing new IoT services and solutions. . The interconnectivity of people, devices, and companies raises stakes to a new level as computing and action become even more mobile, everything becomes connected to the cloud, and infrastructure is strained to securely manage the billions of devices that will connect us all to the IoT. This book shows you how to implement cyber-security solutions, IoT design best practices and risk mitigation methodologies to address device and infrastructure threats to IoT solutions. This book will take readers on a journey that begins with understanding the IoT and how it can be applied in various industries, goes on to describe the security challenges associated with the IoT, and then provides a set of guidelines to architect and deploy a secure IoT in your Enterprise. The book will showcase how the IoT is implemented in early-adopting industries and describe how lessons can be learned and shared across diverse industries to support a secure IoT.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Practical Internet of Things Security
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Secure design


Secure design of IoT devices and systems is only one component in the overarching IoT security lifecycle. The following diagram shows the design aspects of the lifecycle which will be discussed now. Other aspects of the lifecycle will be discussed in Chapter 4, The IoT Security Lifecycle.

Safety and security design

We've already introduced the need for threat modeling within IoT device and system developments. Now we will expand on additional safety and securing engineering processes to incorporate into your development and integration efforts.

Threat modeling

The IoT security lifecycle is bound to the systems development process. Planning for secure operations of an IoT system should begin while the system is being designed, and as new components of the IoT system are being considered. We therefore consider threat modeling as a key component in any security lifecycle. This is especially true given the iterative nature of the lifecycle, since threat models should always be maintained...