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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

Setting up threat intelligence and vulnerability tracking


Information is power. Take the time to set up your threat intelligence and vulnerability tracking capabilities to ensure that you can see what is going on in your networks as well as what is happening on a larger scale in the security industry.

Vulnerability tracking

Assign someone to track newly discovered vulnerabilities in the software, firmware, and hardware installed within your networks. Track CVE entries within the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database at https://nvd.nist.gov/.

Threat intelligence

There are threat intelligence offerings on the market that you may consider. Threat intelligence offerings can provide you with information on threat actors that are targeting your specific industry, along with their motivations. CrowdStrike is a good example of a threat intelligence organization that makes use of multiple intelligence gathering techniques to identify the latest threat actors...