“More regulations are on the way for industrial IoT security. Whether it’s coming from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) 16 critical infrastructure sectors, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or even from non-government entities like the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) or the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), there is a lot of momentum going into 2018 when it comes to regulating and creating industrial compliance standards.”
That’s a 2018 prediction from Dean Weber, CTO, Mocana. For more, be sure to read our 40 Predictions for the Internet of Things in 2018.
This the first IoT Central Digest of 2018. Lots of great content from our members. Encourage your friends and colleagues to be a part of our community by forwarding this newsletter to them. They can join IoT Central here. You can contribute your thoughts on IoT here.
Posted by Arun Goyal
Here are 10 things to keep in mind when developing mobile apps for IoT. Members only content. Membership is free. Sign up at IoT Central.
Posted by Mohit Bhardwaj
Connected devices are becoming essential components for enterprises as they can drive significant connectivity and integration between systems and data. The increasing number of devices getting connected to each other generates a huge amount of data. However, when it comes to leveraging the full potential of these connected devices and data, it is necessary to have a scalable and robust environment which allows faster processing of data between systems. The fundamental concern is on how to efficiently manage this data, as any data loss or delay in processing of data from a connected ecosystem can cause critical damage to an enterprise’s workflow.
Posted by Vivart Kapoor
Once a shepherd had two horses. One was strong and fast, another one was slow and weak. The shepherd instead of looking after the weak one and trying to make him fit, he preferred riding the healthy one and taking him almost everywhere. He also fed him better which in long-term led the healthy horse to become heavy and feel lethargic all the time. Later the healthy one became sick and the shepherd then instead of having healthy horse has to deal with two sick and weak horses. What does this story have to do with digitalization? Well, this is our approach to the whole idea of digitalization and its implementation worldwide. Instead of investing time and resources and bringing the idea of digitalization to the underdeveloped nation or the “weak horse”, we are feeding the already “healthy horse” or the developed nation with fascinating ideas and projects which might result into sickness in the long term. The early symptoms of this sickness can already be witnessed. A World Economic Forum (ref:weforum.org) report says that labour markets will witness a net loss of over 5 million jobs in 15 major developed and emerging economies. Is this in line with the idea of digitalization?
Posted by Kevin Bowling
Insurance companies that find a partner, which analyzes, understands, and helps them to take advantage of IoT-based technologies, can reduce costs, paving the way for lower premiums and increased customer loyalty. Many types of insurers record an unnecessary number of claims. By adding IoT sensors, real-time data can be attained and custom alerting can be configured to prevent claims from occurring. In addition, robust predictive models on historical sensor data can predict claims based on geography, even by a customer. Let’s look at a situation where a company contracts out a service provider to monitor and maintain the health of four cold storage warehouses in South Florida.
Posted by Rajashree Rao
Recently, Apple unveiled its iconic iPhone X calling it to be the future of the "Smart Phone" with its new feature called 'Face ID' to unlock the phone without a home button. Apparently, the Face ID uses the infrared system to scan users face, to unlock the new iPhone X which is quite concerning as the phone uses unimodal biometric authentication system. The serious spoof I see here in having a unimodal authentication system is that, in today's day and age, the phone has become an integral part or the single 'thing or device' which acts to be a lifeline or backbone of one's life. In such a scenario it becomes critical for the Industry to ensure that the device or thing is enabled with the multimodal biometric authentication system.
Posted by Gorav Arora
A new strain of the famous Mirai IoT malware surfaced recently, with the discovery by Chinese researchers of exploit code targeting networking equipment. Previously, Mirai was known for having infected thousands of webcams, security cameras, and DVRs, and then using those devices to launch DDoS attacks. The exact aims of the new variant are still unknown, but it’s another reminder of the very serious security issues presented by the IoT.
Posted by Scott Allen
Each year we like to go inside FreeWave and ask our team what the Industrial IoT forecast looks like for the upcoming year. Throughout 2017 we were hard at work developing some of our industry-leading Edge intelligence and industrial Wi-Fi products, so this year, instead of looking inward, we decided to take a peek around the world at 2018 IIoT predictions from some of the leading experts.
Posted by Rob Tiffany
With software and adjacent technologies continuing to eat the world, we see the pace of digital transformation accelerating in 2018 as organizations strive to enhance their customer and operational intelligence. Organizations will grapple with a variety of digital technologies and skillsets this year to become more data-driven in order to improve their agility and decision-making capabilities. As always, they’ll be looking for ways to simplify operations and get more done with less. We predict the concepts and trends listed below will light a path for organizations to show them the way forward.
Posted by David Oro
This is our third year running predictions for the Industrial IoT (read 2016 and 2017 predictions). While there are many predictions out there, none are as insightful, comprehensive and, dare I say it, accurate as what we receive from the IoT Central community. So who got it right in 2017 and who will get it right in 2018?
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