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Internet Of Things & The Platform Of Parenthood
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eleonoreft
eleonoreft,
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6/23/2016 | 11:23:49 AM
Interesting post
Interesting perspective, we not only have to protect our physical environment for our children, but also our virtual one!
securitymouse
securitymouse,
 User Rank: Strategist
6/24/2016 | 2:09:26 PM
Re: Interesting post
Thanks for your support! I think it's very important to socialize the idea that technology we build will define our societal stability for years and even decades to come. We can't take our future lightly! 
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
6/27/2016 | 1:04:58 PM
Re: Interesting post
"... technology we build will define our societal stability ..."

Agree, it is already defining how we live our daily lives, it will certainly be having further impact in coming years.
richalt
richalt,
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6/24/2016 | 4:59:08 PM
Re: Interesting post
Perhaps a security certification lab is the right direction.   With some demonstrated successes in certification labeled products, customers have incentive to seek out the label.   

Without a doubt many people will buy an unsafe offering.  The goal should include defending against a neighborhood full of unsafe models.  

 

 

 
securitymouse
securitymouse,
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6/24/2016 | 9:40:11 PM
Re: Interesting post
Definitely. There are a few organizations working on this, including UL's new security program. Except, these organizations all seem to be working separately. There needs to be a universal regulated standard that everyone works toward. 

 
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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6/27/2016 | 1:12:20 PM
Re: Interesting post
"... these organizations all seem to be working separately ..."

This is how it works naturally. You will never find countries and companies coming together and refining common ground, they only look for their own profits.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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6/27/2016 | 1:10:17 PM
Re: Interesting post
" ... a security certification lab ..."

I am less favor for and authority telling us that it is secure more like IoT vendors taking the responsibility and making it secure. Again, IoT devices will be more personal so people would expect standard level of security embedded.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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6/27/2016 | 1:22:19 PM
Re: Interesting post
"... Without a doubt many people will buy an unsafe offering ..."

There is a recent research results I just read somewhere, people were asked whether they would be an autonomous car that protects the driver or others for greater good. Most answered as cars protecting themselves. When we really feel our skin on the line we go with secure option. Sometime we do not chare where our names, phones or addresses are compromised. 
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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6/27/2016 | 12:57:20 PM
Re: Interesting post
Agree, both physical, online, virtual and augmented. There is security concerns in all.
stephenjenny42
stephenjenny42,
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6/24/2016 | 6:26:18 AM
thank you
It plays a significant role in youngster's life. Almost all education teaching faculties are aware of major social media sites. They widely use such services personally for academic help and for clarifications

 
securitymouse
securitymouse,
 User Rank: Strategist
6/24/2016 | 2:11:22 PM
Re: thank you
I can understand how you feel. Thank you for your comments!
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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6/27/2016 | 1:00:08 PM
Re: thank you
"... Almost all education teaching faculties are aware of major social media sites ..."

They may but some do not release how impactful they could be, while social networks and media are good they also expose critical information for hackers.
Whoopty
Whoopty,
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6/24/2016 | 7:48:08 AM
Encryption
This is precisely why encryption is so important. There is no doubt that at times we will have our information cracked by nefarious individuals, but without encryption that data is all available to them to read at their leisure.

At least it if it's obfuscated a little we can have some semblance of protection.

The ever more connected toys our children play with too are a real concern. I wouldn't allow mine to go near a cloud enabled toy if its data wasn't encrypted.
securitymouse
securitymouse,
 User Rank: Strategist
6/24/2016 | 2:14:33 PM
Re: Encryption
Absolutely! Encryption is an imperative component in modern technology, whether it's IoT, a website front-end, or a cloud service. We can't forget about peer authentication, endpoint attestation, and the other attributes of a secure embedded platform, too. Hopefully, more readers will see the issue as you have and will demand secure technology even in their childrens' toys. Thanks for your thoughts! 
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
6/27/2016 | 1:07:52 PM
Re: Encryption
"... Encryption is an imperative component in modern technology ..."

Agree, it is just not end to end but at rest encryption is mandatory and also key management. Remember there is decryption for each encryption.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
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6/27/2016 | 1:02:40 PM
Re: Encryption
"This is precisely why encryption is so important...."

True, unless they hack the encryption too.
JimmyJ7910
JimmyJ7910,
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6/25/2016 | 3:59:55 AM
More meta data
Any child will be shaped by the culture, people, and rule sets they grow up with. Therefore it is also possible to use products and services to predict the existence, quality or execution of policies and processes, including their maturity level of the parties involved. So, more meta data to be used as an advantage for the threat actors.
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
6/27/2016 | 1:16:35 PM
Re: More meta data
"... Any child will be shaped by the culture, people, and rule sets ..."

And the technology. People wonder why millennial do not buy cars, they do lots of researches and try to come up with an explanation.  Answer is simple, they do not need it, there is Uber.
securitymouse
securitymouse,
 User Rank: Strategist
6/27/2016 | 1:24:47 PM
Re: More meta data
Great points, all, Dr. T. I appreciate your point of view regarding decryption, too. You are correct in that engineers can often harden in-flight communications, but have a tendency to forget to create rigid controls around at-rest data and metadata. This is something Jimmy and I covered in the GMSA IoT Security Guidelines, as well as my McGraw Hill book manuscript. More organizaitons need to understand how failed key management in the endpoint can result in a full break of the IoT ecosystem. 
securitymouse
securitymouse,
 User Rank: Strategist
6/27/2016 | 1:21:13 PM
Re: More meta data
Great point, Jimmy. Thanks for your view! 
Dr.T
Dr.T,
 User Rank: Ninja
6/27/2016 | 12:56:06 PM
FCC and regulations
Good article, enjoyed reading it. Just because FCC does not impose any regulations that should not mean that IoT devices should be unsecure. IoT device providers have provide a security level that is acceptable by the public, they will go bankrupt after the first incident otherwise. Remember most IoT devices ate personal, people have certain level expectation with our without regulations.


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