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Practical Internet of Things Security - Second Edition

By : Brian Russell, Drew Van Duren
Book Image

Practical Internet of Things Security - Second Edition

By: Brian Russell, Drew Van Duren

Overview of this book

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), businesses have to defend against new types of threat. The business ecosystem now includes the cloud computing infrastructure, mobile and fixed endpoints that open up new attack surfaces. It therefore becomes critical to ensure that cybersecurity threats are contained to a minimum when implementing new IoT services and solutions. This book shows you how to implement cybersecurity solutions, IoT design best practices, and risk mitigation methodologies to address device and infrastructure threats to IoT solutions. In this second edition, you will go through some typical and unique vulnerabilities seen within various layers of the IoT technology stack and also learn new ways in which IT and physical threats interact. You will then explore the different engineering approaches a developer/manufacturer might take to securely design and deploy IoT devices. Furthermore, you will securely develop your own custom additions for an enterprise IoT implementation. You will also be provided with actionable guidance through setting up a cryptographic infrastructure for your IoT implementations. You will then be guided on the selection and configuration of Identity and Access Management solutions for an IoT implementation. In conclusion, you will explore cloud security architectures and security best practices for operating and managing cross-organizational, multi-domain IoT deployments.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Training system stakeholders


In 2015, OpenDNS released a report on the IoT in the enterprise. This report provided an early glimpse into challenges that security practitioners will soon face. The report identified that employees had been connecting their own IoT devices into their employer networks, and found that devices such as smart televisions were reaching out through enterprise firewalls to manufacturer IP addresses across a number of ports. This research demonstrated the need to train employees on what is appropriate to connect to the network and to train security administrators to be on the lookout for inappropriately connected consumer IoT devices.

There are not a lot of ready-made training options available for your stakeholders. Even so, it is possible to create your own in-house training material and provide them with it on a regular basis. This section describes content that should be included in security awareness training for employees and in training for security and system...