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Re: The concern with security
@afwriter: Ah, yes. Especially good point about the smoke alarm.
But what makes an IoT lock unpickable?
JohnBarnes
3/28/2016 7:16:07 AM
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Re: The concern with security
The actual value of the old-time physical lock is not in its difficulty of picking, where software definitely wins -- software can simulate thousands of tumblers with thousands of positions, compared to less than ten tumblers with less than twenty positions on even very sophisticated combination or key locks. The value of the physical lock is that Bob the Burglar has to be physically next to the physical lock, for some indefinite period of time, to pick it. And much as we all feel that our virtual selves are part of our selves, Bob the Burglar can shed those like a lizard's tail to evade escape, whereas if he's actually on your porch visibly messing with your lock, there's at least a chance that a cop will be able to catch him.
Note to innovators and enhancers: the "unbreakable tail" would be a huge enhancement on IoT security. I know you're already working on many versions of it; it's a good path, and maybe a necessary one.
afwriter
3/27/2016 7:56:40 PM
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Re: The concern with security
It is easier to physically pick a lock than hack one and an IoT smoke alarm can tell you if there is a fire in your house even if you are not home which means you can react faster and possibly save your house.
Re: The concern with security
I think IoT security is one of those things that everyone talks about addressing -- but few actually do. Those that do often address it on the server/cloud side, but that still leaves the vulnerabilities on the device side.
Re: The concern with security
> "it doesn't negate the fact that "pretty-normal" kids these days are learning to pwn these devices!"
If kids are being raised with and developing more cybersecurity awareness than the rest of society has, that's probably a good thing (they can't all turn out to be bad guys, can they?). :)
Re: The concern with security
> "While I try to tell myself that IoT devices are often safer than their traditional counterparts (locks and smoke alarms for example)"
In what way are they safer? I don't see it. Locks are pickable regardless. The only difference is maybe you get an alert -- unless, of course, the burglars destroy the mechanism that does that (much the same way alarm system wires get cut or tampered with). And I'm similarly baffled about the claim regarding smoke alarms.
Can you tell me what I am missing?
faryl
3/26/2016 6:47:38 PM
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Re: The concern with security
The security credentialing piece jumped out at me as well.
Ideally there will be transparency for consumers to see what the criteria are for obtaining the credentials, to help get a comfort level around how strong the security is for cerified products.
faryl
3/26/2016 6:42:34 PM
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Re: The concern with security
I couldn't agree more.
As much as I love the different solutions IoT offers, I'm still reticent to jump on board because of the potential security exploits.
On one hand, as I think someone else mentioned in the comments, physical locks can be picked too; I think my chief concerns are more around privacy.
Anything connected to a camera/video gives me pause, because I don't like the idea of someone else being able to use it to watch me or see inside my home. And the more components of our lives we integrate technology into, the more robust a picture our data can reflect our daily activities and actions.
It's good to see Verizon is taking intiative to address this - hopefully it reflects the beginning of a trend towards creating more security tools as IoT emmerges.
Very Informative Interview
@Mike: Really interesting and insightful interview about Verizon's security intiatiive. Thanks for sharing.
He clearly outlined about the basic core elements like Cloud infrastructure, Network and device. He explained how security credentialing applies to the device by applying certificate authentication process. Block chain technology as he explained as adiitional layer is very appealing. And lastly as he explained about Fiber build makes super sense thinking about exponential increase of data needs at present and so dta analytics.
Any Service Provider
IoT Security Credentialing, which will be available on ThingSpace in May, adds an "over-the-top (OTT) layer of security to aid developers in protecting devices and applications regardless of the service provider or type of transport -- cellular, WiFi, wireline, etc. -- that's being used."
This is really interesting to know. Hopefully Verizon's extra layer of credentialing will play good role in terms of making security more manageable and less woryysome.
This OTT aiding developers regardless of SP is a cool thing.
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