Using managed PKI certificates to secure the Internet of Things
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Digital PKI certificates will not resolve all security problems, but it is an important part of the equation. Here’s why, and how to use them.
High integrity messaging, secure communications and mutual authentication at an internet scale will be absolutely necessary for IoT to succeed. Having secured network-connected devices for decades, digital certificates issued by a PKI are well situated to serve as the online identity for those things.