Integrated security for the IoT
The industrial use of the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to advance. By 2025 there will be more than 40 billion networked devices, many of which will be located in factories or on company premises. They need a secure foundation with which they can respond to new threats and protect huge amounts of valuable data.
12 May 2020 Markus Göbel, MicrosoftShare
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Checklist: Seven properties of highly secure IoT devices
"IoT devices are safe if they have seven properties: Hardware-based cryptographic keys and device identities, a "trusted computing base" that includes all security-related functions of the device, multi-level security, isolation, certificate-based authentication, regular security updates and meaningful error reporting", explains Galen Hunt, Distinguished Engineer & Managing Director for IoT Security Solutions at Microsoft.
Those who use these features as a checklist thus meet the requirements to ensure the integrity of their networked systems and devices.
Integrated security as a team of man and machine
However, the biggest hurdle is often the lack of a consistent and integrated security solution for IoT devices or systems in companies. With
As an integrated security solution, Azure Sphere consists of four components: specially certified chips, a purpose-built operating system and cloud-based security services. However, the fourth and perhaps most important component has nothing to do with technology: an experienced team takes care of the security of each and every device certified for
Reliably protect networked devices and data
Microsoft works closely with customers and hardware manufacturers to continually improve the protection of networked devices: For example, microcontroller manufacturer NXP has announced a secure, highly efficient, intelligent processor for edge nodes. And semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm is developing wireless chips that use Azure Sphere.
First experiences from customers are already available: The Starbucks coffee house chain has integrated Azure Sphere into its coffee machines in order to reliably record consumption data and move from reactive maintenance to a proactive approach. This allows potential problems to be identified before they can even arise.
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