Monthly Archives: July 2017

Security by Isolating Insecurity [Survive IoT Part 4]

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Russell Doty

In my previous post I introduced “Goldilocks Security”, proposing three approaches to security. Solution 1: Ignore Security Safety in the crowd – with tens of millions of cameras out there, why would anyone pick mine? Odds are that the bad … Continue reading →

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Goldilocks Security: Bad, Won’t Work, and Plausible [Survive IoT Part 3]

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Russell Doty

Previous postsdiscussed the security challenge presented by IoT devices, using IP Video Cameras as an example. Now let’s consider some security alternatives: Solution 1: Ignore Security This is the most common approach to IoT security today. And, to a significant … Continue reading →

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Representative IoT Device: IP Video Camera [Survive IoT Part 2]

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Russell Doty

The previous article introduced the idea of implementing a production IoT system to really learn how IoT works. One of the most flexible, powerful, and useful IoT sensors is a video camera. Video streams can be used directly. They can … Continue reading →

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How I Survived the Internet of Things [Survive IoT Part 1]

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Russell Doty

Working with IoT from a software architecture perspective teaches you a lot, but leaves the nagging question “how does this really work?”. Theory is great and watching other people work is relaxing, but the time comes when I have to … Continue reading →

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