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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

Cloud IoT security controls


Given the variety of cloud-based services that support IoT deployments, each cloud and stakeholder endpoint plays a vital role in securing the multitude of transactions. This section provides a brief listing of recommended IoT security controls and services that your organization should consider. Basic controls such as authentication and encryption to the cloud are supported by all of the CSPs, but you should carefully review and consider your CSP based on their offerings in other areas.

Most CSPs bundle the services in different ways. Your organization can either directly or indirectly obtain and benefit from these services based on unique package offerings. These services can be combined in different ways to build powerful, transitive trust relationships throughout your virtualized infrastructure.

Authentication (and authorization)

Considering authentication security controls, your organization will need to handle most or all of the following:

  1. Verify administrator...