Four Steps to IoT Security

IoT devices and the ecosystems of which they form a part are vulnerable to cyber-attacks because they rely on communications over the open Internet, are often built using low-cost hardware, and are frequently installed in untrusted locations. This means IoT devices are exposed to a wide variety of rapidly evolving threats, often intended to disrupt their communications or misuse their capabilities. It’s important, therefore, that IoT devices implement a resilient and agile security architecture. This white paper provides the background, vocabulary and key concepts necessary to develop and deploy IoT ecosystems that are resilient to evolving cyber-threats.