We learned that the IoT has brought a whole new wave of possibilities. It brought a new wave of security concerns as well. IoT devices are connected all the time. That makes them even more vulnerable than desktop systems. A security bug can allow an attacker to take control of things remotely anywhere in the world. An attack might remain unnoticed for a long time. As these devices are working with the physical world, some damages can be catastrophic. The IoT is at an early stage and not many security standards are available. Security is an ongoing process. There is no complete secure point that can be achieved. Covering all aspects of IoT security will become a big book in itself. Let us see a few points that will make things more secure:
Security vulnerabilities get discovered. Upgrade at OS and application level is important. BeagleBone comes pre-installed with stable Debian with a security repository enabled in
/etc/apt/sources.list. You need to run the commandapt-get update...