How to Build a Contextual Security Program for IoT Devices

IoT Edge working group introduces a community where all aspects of using Kubernetes in IoT and Edge use cases is discussed. In this session, we’ll introduce the working group, share some of the interesting topics discussed so far and provide an invitation to participate in future activities.

It is now a well-publicized fact that the IoT predictions from several years ago have completely missed their mark, and arguably are the biggest technology prediction miss in history. Complexity caused by siloed technology stacks and a fragmented mobile network landscape are heralded as the key reasons that have held IoT back.

There's gold in legacy devices—if you can reach it. Long-serving equipment, machines and systems may be the backbone of industrial manufacturing, but many if not most were built and installed in the years before today's on-board microprocessors and Ethernet or wireless network connections were available. It's this lack of data processing and connectivity that makes it difficult to access the useful data that many plant-floor devices contain. However, there are a few ways to overcome these obstacles, and take advantage of the insights and efficiencies this equipment can provide.

In the Internet of Things, there's no such thing as a mobile device that operates in isolation. And yet, mobile devices and apps are often marketed, sold, and bought as if they're independent products. Manufacturers and consumers alike need to think less in terms of "discrete product" and more of "interconnected systems." No one wants 50 different mobile apps to control 50 different things in their smart home or smart health environments. With IoT product manufacturers championing different communications protocols, the challenge is to enable one mobile app to control many devices.