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New MCU Hardware Enhances IoT Security
On February 17, 2025 in All, Computing, General, IoT, Security by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Hackers are getting smarter and quickly finding new ways to circumvent IoT chip protection. However, chip makers are rising to the challenge by enhancing MCU hardware security. Developers can now use Root-of-Trust, secure processing, and fault injection protection to guard against malicious attacks.
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Tagged With: authentication, distributed denial-of-service, encryption, iot, mcu protection, root-of-trust , secure boot, secure firmware updates
New Tech Tuesdays: Progression of Authentication: Comparing Passwords, Passphrases, and Passkeys
On October 31, 2023 in All, Computing, General, IoT, New Tech Tuesdays, Security, Wireless by Rudy Ramos
Rudy Ramos
Human errors and behaviors pose the biggest vulnerabilities in cybersecurity. With password security issues at the top of the list, understanding authentication best practices has never been so important. Continuous education and a security-conscious culture are essential in mitigating these risks.
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Tagged With: access control, authentication, biometrics, brute force attack, cryptography, login, mfa, multi-factor authentication, online security, passkeys, passphrases, passwords, phishing, public key, security, vulnerabilities, yubikey
The IoT Machine Authentication Dilemma
On April 6, 2022 in All, Computing, General, Industrial, IoT, Security, Wireless by Jon Gabay
Jon Gabay
There are more machine-to-machine communications today than person-to-person. Securing the exponentially growing number of IoT devices is no simple task. Can a device authenticate who it is talking to? If everything can be accessed from anywhere, is anything truly safe?
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Tagged With: authentication, communications, hacking, iot, security, vulnerable
Why Blockchain and IoT Belong Together
On June 10, 2020 in All, Automation, Automotive, Industrial, IoT, Security, Sensors, Wireless by Tyler Wojciechowicz
Tyler Wojciechowicz
IoT and blockchain technologies are taking off in many diverse industries. But have you considered combining the two together? Learn how an IoT-enabled blockchain unlocks process efficiencies, increases security, and allows for cost-savings.
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4598 Views
Tagged With: asset tracking, authentication, blockchain, cryptography, grid, internet of things, iot, sensors, smart home, wearables
IoT Device Management Affects System Design
On June 8, 2020 in All, Automation, Computing, Industrial, IoT, Security, Sensors by Sravani Bhattacharjee
Sravani Bhattacharjee
Gone are the days of manual provisioning of devices and equipment. In the world of the Internet of Things, millions of devices are provisioned and managed using cloud-based services. How does that affect system design? What new factors must be considered during system design?
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Tagged With: authentication, device, device management, devices, diagnostics, firmware, IoT, monitoring, provisioning, software, updates
Unclonable PUF Function Can Boost MCU Security
On May 15, 2020 in All, IoT, Security by Christine Young
Christine Young
Want to make hacker's life a lot harder—and protect your customers and your business? Learn how a secure microcontroller with physically unclonable function (PUF) technology can be your best friend.
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Tagged With: authentication, chipdna, code, data, device, encryption, hackers, ics, iot, keys, max32520, maxim integrated, microcontroller, puf, technology
How IoT System Design Makes a Difference
On May 8, 2020 in All, Automation, Automotive, Computing, Industrial, IoT by Sravani Bhattacharjee
Sravani Bhattacharjee
In highly competitive IoT markets, it is hard to ensure secure design without tilting tight pricing and time-to-market. We’ll discuss a systematic, full-stack approach that simplifies security design for IoT systems by leveraging various security enabler solutions.
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Tagged With: firmware, Access Control, Authentication, boot, Boot Integrity, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, data, Data Integrity, Embedded, hardware, IoT, Security
PKI Certificate Standards for IIoT
On November 1, 2019 in All, Industrial, IoT, Security by Sravani Bhattacharjee
Sravani Bhattacharjee
The security community is gravitating towards PKI to secure IoT. However, PKI certificates are considerably resource-intensive. This blog discusses the challenges of using PKI certificates for IoT as well as the new standards to overcome those challenges.
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4315 Views
Tagged With: Authentication, Industrial IoT, IoT, Non-repudiation, PKI, Security
Protect Device Communication Through Secure Protocols
On February 1, 2019 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge
Jeff Fellinge
Stop attackers from snooping or tampering with your data by ensuring that your devices and systems use secure protocols for communicating with each other and other services across the internet and in the cloud.
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7709 Views
Tagged With: Authentication, Cloud security, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Encryption, Network protocols, SCADA, Security controls
Surface Area Management of Embedded Devices through Host and Network Based Firewalls
On October 29, 2018 in All, Computing, Security by Jeff Fellinge
Jeff Fellinge
Lower the risk of a successful attack on your network-connected devices by understanding the network ports and protocols they use and disabling or filtering those they do not need.
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6794 Views
Tagged With: Authentication, Authorization, Cloud security, Compliance, Control framework, Device security, Edge security, Embedded devices, Governance, Risk, SCADA, Vulnerabilities

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