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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

An introduction to IAM for the IoT


Security administrators have traditionally been concerned with managing the identities of people and controlling access to systems that interact with their technology infrastructure. The concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), for example, can allow authorized individuals to associate mobile phones or laptops with their corporate account to receive network services on their personal devices. The allowed network services may be given once minimal security assurances are deemed to have been satisfied on the device. This may include using strong passwords for account access, application of virus scanners, or even mandating partial or full disk encryption to help with data loss prevention.

The IoT introduces a much richer connectivity environment than BYOD. Many more IoT devices are expected to be deployed throughout an organization than the usual one or two mobile phones or laptops for each employee. IAM infrastructures must be designed to scale to the number...