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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

The challenge of secure IoT development


We focus here on the concept of IoT systems. This includes not only the integration of multiple IoT products and supporting services for an organization, but also discrete IoT products sold by developers.

Rarely does an IoT product developer bring a single device to market. Instead, offerings include interfaces for mobile applications, cloud services, peer devices, and data services. Often, the IoT product developer maintains the device during operation (such as through a subscription service).

We therefore consider an IoT product itself as a component in a larger system or systems. Product developers should begin adopting a system engineering mindset to understand the risks associated with interactions between multiple components within a system. 

IoT developers must meet market demands, stay up to date with fast-changing technology, keep their products secure, and remain competitive on cost. This is not easy, even for organizations that have extensive...