IoT security issues

275 Pages·2017·8.303 MB·English

by  Gilchrist, Alasdair

Alasdair Gilchrist
IoT Security Issues

Alasdair Gilchrist
IoT Security
Issues
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To Rattiya and Arrisara

Acknowledgements
Much of the research in this book stems from Internet research based on published
industry reports from Gartner, Cisco, Beecham’s, Pew Research Center among
many others. I would also like to acknowledge the many security resources availa-
ble on the Internet such as Privacy International, OWASP, Microsoft Technet, and
the Online Trust Alliance. Additionally, little of the section on Internet surveillance
would have been possible to verify had it not been for the Guardian and Washing-
ton Posts published articles on the Edwards Snowden files and the Guardian’s arti-
cles on the Investigatory Powers bill in the UK.
I would also acknowledge the efforts of Jeffrey Pepper and Megan Lester at
De Gruyter for their efforts in publishing this book, as well as Stephanie Defrayne,
Angie MacAllister and Scott MacAllister for their copy editing, technical verifica-
tion and formatting help.

Contents
Introduction | 1 
Part I: Making Sense of the Hype  
Chapter 1 – The Consumer Internet of Things | 5 
A Wave of Technology, or a Wave of Hype | 5 
IoT Skeptics and the Role of Security Issues | 6 
The Internet of No-thing | 7 
Where are these IoT devices? | 8 
Why the ambiguity in IoT uptake? | 9 
The Media and Marketing Hype | 9 
Lack of Killer Applications | 11 
There be Monsters | 11 
Buying Secure IoT Devices? | 12 
Making Things That Just Work | 16 
Is this a consumer Internet of things? | 16 
Skepticism, but the future looks bright | 17 
Consumer Trust – or Lack of It | 19 
Losing Control? | 19 
Toys for the Rich | 21 
IoT isn’t DIY | 22 
Is Security a Major Inhibitor? | 23 
Part II: Security  
Chapter 2 – It’s Not Just About the Future | 27 
Looking back to move forward | 27 
Security by Design | 29 
Data Mobile Networks | 30 
A Confluence of New Technologies | 32 
Basic Security Practices | 34 
Chapter 3 – Flawed, Insecure Devices | 35 
Why are so many insecure devices on the market? | 35 
A Manufacturer’s Perspective | 35 
The Device Production Cycle | 36 
Software development in an agile market | 37