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Internet of Things for Architects

By : Perry Lea
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Internet of Things for Architects

By: Perry Lea

Overview of this book

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the fastest growing technology market. Industries are embracing IoT technologies to improve operational expenses, product life, and people's well-being. An architectural guide is necessary if you want to traverse the spectrum of technologies needed to build a successful IoT system, whether that's a single device or millions of devices. This book encompasses the entire spectrum of IoT solutions, from sensors to the cloud. We start by examining modern sensor systems and focus on their power and functionality. After that, we dive deep into communication theory, paying close attention to near-range PAN, including the new Bluetooth® 5.0 specification and mesh networks. Then, we explore IP-based communication in LAN and WAN, including 802.11ah, 5G LTE cellular, Sigfox, and LoRaWAN. Next, we cover edge routing and gateways and their role in fog computing, as well as the messaging protocols of MQTT and CoAP. With the data now in internet form, you'll get an understanding of cloud and fog architectures, including the OpenFog standards. We wrap up the analytics portion of the book with the application of statistical analysis, complex event processing, and deep learning models. Finally, we conclude by providing a holistic view of the IoT security stack and the anatomical details of IoT exploits while countering them with software defined perimeters and blockchains.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Free Chapter
1
The IoT Story

Physical and hardware security


Many IoT deployments will be in remote and isolated areas leaving sensors and edge routers vulnerable to physical attack. Additionally, the hardware itself needs modern protection mechanisms common in processors and the circuitry of mobile devices and personal electronics. 

Root of Trust

The first layer of hardware security is the establishment of a Root of Trust. The Root of Trust (RoT) is a hardware-validated boot process that ensures the first executable opcode starts from an immutable source. This is the anchor of the boot process that subsequently plays a role in bootstrapping the rest of the system from BIOS to the operating system to the application. A RoT is a baseline defense against a rootkit. 

Each phase validates the next phase in the boot process and builds a Chain of Trust. An RoT can have different starting methods such as:

  • Boot from ROM or a non-writable memory to store the image and root key
  • One-time programmable memory using fuse bits for root...