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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

Performing penetration testing


Assessing the organization's IoT implementations requires testing of hardware and software, and should include regularly scheduled penetration test activities as well as autonomous tests that occur throughout the cycle of the operation.

Aside from being a good security practice, many regulations require third-party penetration tests that in the future will include IoT devices/systems. Penetration tests can also validate the existing security controls and identify gaps within the implemented security controls.

Blue teams should also be used to continuously evaluate the security posture of the enterprise as red teams are conducting their exercises. Also, it is vital to assess the security posture of new IoT infrastructure software and hardware components prior to introducing them into the architecture.

Red and blue teams

Conducting a penetration test of an IoT system is not significantly different from penetration testing more traditional IT systems, although there...