Protecting IoT

According to Gartner, The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment.

IoT devices represent a huge expansion of the number of network endpoints that must be considered when protecting an entire network. Anything connected to the Internet that isn’t an actual computing device, such as your BluRay player and television, your security camera, and your digital assistant, is an IoT device and another endpoint on the network.

Protecting IoT devices is a layered approach. First, the IoT operating system should be hardened. This comes with good security testing during development. Second, the network to which the IoT connects must also be hardened. The last layer is always the human layer. For instance, many smart TVs now include a web browser. Malicious programs downloaded to your TV can easily spread to other devices connected to the same network.

IoT Security Threat Map

Internet of Ransomware Things

Infographic View - Intert of Things (IoT)

OWASP Top 10 Internet of Things

Cybersecurity and the Internet of Things - Introduction Quiz

 
1.
Which of these is not an example of an IoT device?

• Apple watch
• Fitbit (a wristband that tracks steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes and sleep, and lights up to show your goal progress)
• Raspberry Pi
• Cash register

2.
The “smart grid” applies to which sector

• E-Commerce
• Defense
• Personal fitness
• Power

3.
Which describes the size of a zettabyte?

• One hundred million gigabytes
• One trillion gigabytes
• 500 million nanobytes
• 8 terrabytes

4.
What do end-users typically forget to change on their IoT devices?

• DNS settings
• IP address
• Default password
• Home address

 

5.
Home occupancy can frequently be determined by monitoring data from a smart grid device

• True
• False

6.
IoT devices never talk to each other

• True
• False

  

7.
By 2020, we anticipate how many IoT devices to be attached to the Internet

• 7.7 billion
• 50 billion
• 3 zettabytes
• 1 trillion

8.
Automobiles can use IoT technology to help avoid accidents and collisions

• True
• False

9.
All IoT devices require human-to-machine interaction in order to function properly

• True
• False