The Need For Security As A Integrated Unified Communications ( Uc )

This paper gives a clear understanding on the current state of art on the IoT. The primary idea of the IoT concept is the pervasive existence around us of a wide range of things such as Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, actuators, sensors, mobile phones, etc. These are able to communicate with each other and collaborate with their neighbors to reach collective goals through distinctive addressing scheme.

The main tasks of this framework are to analyze and determine the smart activities of these intelligent devices through maintaining a dynamic interconnection among those devices. The proposed framework will help to standardize IoT infrastructure so that it can receive e-services based on context information leaving the current infrastructure unchanged. The active collaboration of these heterogeneous devices and protocols can lead to future ambient computing where the maximum utilization of cloud computing will be ensured.

While IoT devices holds much promise, there are still many security issues that need to be addressed. These security issues can have a significant impact on everyday life, such as causing damage, disruption to business operations, and in some cases even loss of life. Having all your devices interconnected using IoT such as lighting, thermostats, doors, and elevators, seems convenient but in fact this poses a great security risk. If these risks are exploited it could disrupt power or lighting which could lead to a loss of life if it were something like a hospital. Addressing these security risks will lead to more efficient and safer to use IoT devices but companies will have to identify them in their devices first (Tankard, 2015).

In today’s IT world every organization has a responsibility to protect the information and sensitive data they have. Protecting data is not only responsibility of security and IT staff but every individual is involved in protecting the information. The risks to information security are not digital only, but it involves technology, people and process that an organization may have. These threats may represent the problems that are associated to complex and expensive solution, but doing nothing about these risks is not the solution.

The world is getting smarter and better and so are the devices. With the improved technology, we can check our mails on our watch; control our home temperature through our smartphone and much more. The term Internet of Things is referred to any object or device which connects to the Internet to automatically send and/or receive data [1].

The use of information technology in business presents major security challenges, poses serious ethical question, and affects society in significant ways. Especially, the computer crime is a growing threat to society and is caused by the criminal or irresponsible actions of individuals who are taking advantage of the widespread use and vulnerability of computers and the Internet and other networks. It presents a major challenge to the integrity, safety, and survival of most business systems.

“Internet of Things” (IoT) really excites me as it combines electronics, programming and web-design. I have completed several IoT projects, including “IntelliSentry”. I have also developed a smart environmental monitor, which sends data to the cloud to be analysed by an algorithm that I programmed. Prototyping IoT devices is challenging, but the satisfaction when all elements come together and the device works is tremendous!

R. Want, B. N. Schilit, and S. Jenson, “Enabling the Internet of Things THE IOT VISION,” Computer (Long. Beach. Calif)., 2015.

The Internet of Things offers many opportunities for businesses to enhance the efficiency of their services and products, find new streams of revenue, slash their operating costs and complete their digital transformation. However, as the number of connected devices increases, unprepared organizations may find themselves overwhelmed by the need to step up their cybersecurity game and become more proactive when it comes to protecting their data and systems. Companies manufacturing smart devices are blazing new trails in the technology world, and as is true for all innovative technology, there are still many things that have yet to be

With IoT devices that range from network printers to IoT security cameras, sensors and more, these devices are entering critical infrastructure organizations. The new amorphous network extends out to each endpoint, spurring increased demand for endpoint visibility and control solutions.

Further, a significant challenge many organizations when deploying IoT solutions is the melee of connectivity standards, hardware types, operating systems, programming languages in addition to navigating the proliferation of platforms. Dell Technologies has been a pioneer in driving innovation, standards, and solutions across the industry. Specifically, with their involvement the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), OpenFog Consortium, and the EdgeX Foundry hosted by the Linux Foundation. Although there has been some success with these standards bodies, the onus has been put on companies like Dell to provide leadership and move the industry forward. Seeded by Dell code, EdgeX is a vendor-neutral, open source project building a common interoperability framework to facilitate an ecosystem for IoT edge computing. The EdgeX effort is backed by over 60 organizations, including recent addition Samsung, has established a roadmap of bi-annual code releases and has formed a partnership with the IIC to collaborate on testbeds.

The field is of developing significance because of the expanding dependence of PC frameworks in most societies. Computer frameworks now incorporate a wide assortment of "keen" gadgets, including cell phones, TVs and little gadgets as a major aspect of the Internet of Things – and systems incorporate the Internet and private information systems, as well as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and different remote system.

The Internet of Things is a complex, innovative system rooted in the idea of connectivity. Individual artifacts that transmit data and information amongst each other ensure a smooth and coherent experience based off their ability to communicate through internet connection, sharing the same network to create incomparable efficiency and convenience. The Internet of Things is constantly developing to work in new areas and scenarios, further securing its essentiality in the domain of the technological future

Many of the IoT applications will include monitoring devices reporting on different aspects of the system being monitored. For instance, many buildings and offices include occupancy, and temperature sensors. Vehicles could be equipped with monitoring devices reporting on locations, fuel consumption, etc. However, current IoT applications are domain specific, with no wider vision for reusing the data generated by devices in other applications or sharing them with other users in other domains. The Internet of Things is lacking a well-defined architecture that could help create a competitive marketplace of applications and solutions without locking any users into using a monolithic stack from a single solution provider.

The concept of the internet of things abbreviated as IoT was introduced as early as the late 90’s by Kevin Ashton, the Executive Director of Auto-ID Labs and a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now, “the Internet of things is already a disruptive technology capable of determining fundamental changes that are happening in everyday life, and it is considered the fourth industrial revolution.” (Hucanu) The Internet of Things (IoT)