IoT- Internet of Things is a technology that helps in connecting physical objects with the internet and controlling the same. Almost anything, may it be a car with built-in sensors, an individual with a heart monitor, or any object that has been assigned a dedicated IP address to enable it to send and receive data. Most importantly, the data can be exchanged, and things can be controlled using this technology without any human assistance. Users can manage multiple devices from anywhere with the help of cloud-based services.
The scope for this technology is vast as it allows any physical device to virtually present itself to be controlled from anywhere around the world. It helps companies to capture data and improve their overall performance by merely connecting various virtual components with physical entities. Currently, multiple companies from the retail, infrastructure, transportation, manufacturing, oil, and gas sector use this technology.
Internet of Things for securing commercial buildings
Even today, several commercial buildings have hundreds of sensors and are controlled by legacy systems. Different vendors have implemented various parts of the systems, and are not integrated with each other. Plus, information is exchanged by these systems using multiple communication protocols. This technical hurdle is something that’s stopping organizations from adopting Internet of Things based security when it comes to commercial buildings. However, during the coming months, several organizations are expected to upgrade their systems to adapt Internet of things based security.
IoT virtualization’s hypervisor
Internet of Things virtualization’s hypervisor also helps in securely separating general purpose, unsecured operating systems from critical operating systems.
It has also been implemented in the driverless cars. Thanks to the hypervisor, car’s essential functions like acceleration, steering, and braking as well as lesser crucial functions like smartphone sync, navigation, and music player can run on the same hardware. The hypervisor helps in maintaining partition between essential and lesser essential features.
Role in virtual world security
As per Gartner’s study, there would be at least 20.4 billion Internet of Things devices connected to the internet by 2020. At present, the technology is used in home and office security systems, automated gates, and to control a range of smart devices.
Internet of Things has proved to be a ray of hope for security systems industry.
Several vendors offer smartphone app development systems for devices that work on IoT technology. Modern devices featuring photoelectric sensors, motion sensors, along with latest video recording features can be easily controlled with the help of a mobile phone these days. But, IoT offers something beyond home and office security. It is set to trigger a revolution in the cyber security space as well.
Can prove to be a helping hand when it comes to enterprise security
Logically, people feel the internet of things can make devices more vulnerable to virus attacks as they remain connected to internet continuously. People stay away from the same due to the possible data protection challenges that it may bring. However, experts have proved that IoT is not a liability, and it has the capability of solving multiple data protection issues.
Studies indicate that around 70 percent of data breaches are caused due to factors from inside the enterprise. Internet of Things technology can be implemented for monitoring and prevent such violations. Thus, the technology surely has a high potential to be used in business-to-business operations during the coming years.
Companies can easily keep an eye on who’s in the system on a real-time basis and trigger an alarm in case of entry of unauthorized elements or changes in the system’s settings.
Traditional passwords can get stolen or leaked, and they need to be updated on a monthly basis. These methods are defensive and require constant attention. On the other hand, IoT security systems are on the offense to help an organization to mitigate a data protection threat before it takes over the network. To put it in simple words, this enables the organization to get a sneak-peek into the system and check the activities done from outside the office and take the required action whenever necessary.
IoT allows high-level of support and intelligence to come together to protect confidential databases.
IoT and security virtualization
The security needs for a virtual environment are of a complex nature. Inside a data center, workloads, as well as virtual machines, are set up and torn down almost every hour. There are several layers of virtualization that operate under the same physical infrastructure. The security solution must be able to focus on each of these layers.
As the term suggests, security virtualization involves shifting of security functions from hardware to a cloud-based advanced software program.
The cloud-based security system is the need of the hour due to the increased virtualization in almost all the sectors. Today, thousands of remotely working employees have access to virtual machines and software-based networks of the organization. Thus, security systems also need to be virtualized to protect applications. The segmentation and isolation are the two critical factors when it comes to virtualized security.
The network needs to play a significant role when it comes to protecting all the connected devices. Thankfully, there are a variety of vendors that offer virtualized IoT security products. Such solutions can certify authenticate, provision, and activate IoT devices securely. To get more information, you can get in touch with a vendor who is pro in offering custom mobile application development services.
They are also capable of identifying and evaluating applications and network devices. The IoT solutions can also detect the presence of security agents, users, and owners of devices, patch state, operating system and even the device configuration for various devices linked to the network. As mentioned earlier, all the devices that come and go on the network can be continuously monitored, controlled. This system would make life extremely easy for the security team.
The European market is witnessing a sea of change due to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) act. Organizations are set to increase their budget for data security system upgrade this year. And this will surely attract more companies towards IoT based security systems.
Jayaram Bhat is a CEO of Smart Sight Innovations and love to share his experience on mobile apps, custom CRM & entrepreneurship. You can get in touch with LinkedIn.