IoT Security Infrastructure

IoT Security Infrastructure

With an increase in technological advancement, there is a need to have a modern way of controlling all devices within a central point. Therefore, the internet of things refers to the interconnection of devices within a central location for easy management and access. Since IoT calls for inter-device interconnection, it is challenging to guarantee personal data privacy, data security, and even individual trust towards the purchase of smart devices. As a result, there is a need to consider various internet of things security infrastructure to be deployed within the organization to safeguard the companies data. The paper tries to analyze multiple ways in which the organization can adopt the internet of things to get customer trust, guarantee personal data security, and privacy issues.

Infrastructure to maintain trust in IoT

Due to the massive growth of the IoT field, customers are afraid of losing their data through interconnected devices. However, there are several methods in which the organization can ensure trust from the customers. One of the most important ways is employing the use of critical public infrastructure (PKI). Due to the fast growth of data-breach and hacking, there is an increased demand for PKI. Free critical support calls for the license registration process (Kasemsap, 2016). Therefore, the corporate can exercise real-time tracking of any suspicious individual intercepting the network. PKI infrastructure ensures all communication channels are safe and secure hence giving the end-users confidence in using the smart-devices without much fear.

Another critical element of ensuring trust in device usage is through device authentication. Authentication ensures uniqueness in accessing data across billions of smart-device users. The end-users of the interconnected devices maintain certain trust levels when they have assured the safety of their personal information is kept secure. Authentication ensures strong passwords are set for all user accounts hence promoting user trust. With proper authentication techniques, the organization can be able to detect any device trying to access user data anonymously.

Using encrypted security layers is another essential technique for IoT deployment within the organization. Users always fear using smart devices from the manufacturer without the necessary security layers due to vulnerabilities associated with such devices. Incorporating encrypted security layers during device development can help gather customer trust into migrating to interconnected devices. Encryption of data also ensures secure data communication within the data layers (Kim, 2014).

Security measures for maintaining data privacy

Data privacy entails preserving device identity, keeping financial and sensitive information secure while maintaining personal confidentiality. Therefore, the best infrastructure to deploy in IoT is a secured internet network. Most user data are breached over the system, therefore, to avoid distributed denial of service by hackers, it is essential to set a suitable network protocol (Kasemsap, 2016). Setting up a secure network protocol ensures the functioning and services offered by the interconnection of devices are not sabotaged by malicious access from the attackers. If this infrastructure is set well, the end-users of smart-devices can be guaranteed data privacy and security.

Carrying out IoT security analytic is also a significant infrastructure needed to be deployed within the organization to ensure data privacy. Due to the diverse nature of IoT devices deployment, using IoT security analytic infrastructure, the organization can execute structured data analysis from IoT devices to track any behavioral changes and set the necessary mitigation techniques.

Infrastructure to maintain data integrity in IoT devices

Data integrity calls for how data is present for users. Therefore, adopting a secured cloud platform and software update can help achieve data availability. Most IoT devices should support real-time synchronization of data from the cloud. Also, through secured cloud storage of IoT device data, users can readily access data without downtime. Other security measures can be set alongside the cloud to cater to unauthorized data access, such as strong passwords.