Internet of Things: Security Issues and Solutions | TheTechNews

Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of smart gadgets that can sense, communicate and interact with each other and the external environment. In this system, smart devices are equipped with sensors, communication interface, tiny microprocessor and a power resource. The devices are connected to the Internet and can influence both themselves and the environment surrounding them by using the Internet connection. As the network gets stacked with obscure applications, security threats on the other hand increase. At present security solutions come up short as new dangers seem to destruct the reliability of data.

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IoT security requires new technologies with new abilities, with focus on distributed applications, authentication, credentials, user and device discovery, etc, all on non-secure networks. Apptimate.io’s solution provide tools to manage some of this by putting the application itself in charge of security and not trusting the network.

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