Why You Need to Secure the Internet of Things? The hottest new trend on the Internet isn’t a new social network or app. It’s things. Dubbed “The Internet of Things” it refers to any object you can connect to with the Internet. These “things” include an array of devices and even systems. The Internet of Things promises to connect more devices than ever before. The Internet of Things can make your home more secure with a security system, but it can also open you up to identity theft and other cybercrimes. Any time you get a new piece of technology on the Internet of Things, you’re taking new chances with your online security.

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2. Chandramouli is a serial Entrepreneur who has co-founded MoboDexter Group companies
& ViewFindAR that does Information Technology products & services in CAMS domain.
Prior to starting MoboDexter, Mouli worked as a system software development/test
engineer/lead and Manager in product R&D organization in Intel, Hewlett Packard and
WIPRO. His experience includes 6 years of software product engineering in product R&D
groups as an engineering manager in Intel and HP handling development and test
programs. Specialty includes handling programs which involved recruiting and building
new teams for handling new SW product R&D functions
PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMBOK practitioner for the past 3
years and an Agile SCRUM practitioner for 4 years. I have filed 1 US patent and 2 Research
publications in SW/FW domains and passionate about technical contributions to the
projects and programs
Mouli had additional experience of leading large org-wide programs/initiatives on -
Quality : Test transformation, Test Automation, orthogonal defect classification (ODC),
Static Code analysis, product defect prediction models, Closed Loop Quality System
(CLQS)
Methodologies: Test driven development; Model based testing methodologies; Retention
prediction model; Competency evaluation model adoptions
Business : Lean sigma, Outsourcing evaluation & strategy, Business optimization using
Moore’s product adoption model, Data center optimization, innovation
Chandramouli Srinivasan(Mouli)
CEO & President
MOBODEXTER INC

3.  The hottest new trend on the Internet isn’t a new social network or app. It’s
things. Dubbed “The Internet of Things” it refers to any object you can
connect to with the Internet. These “things” include an array of devices and
even systems.
 The Internet of Things promises to connect more devices than ever before.
The Internet of Things can make your home more secure with a security
system, but it can also open you up to identity theft and other cybercrimes.
Any time you get a new piece of technology on the Internet of Things,
you’re taking new chances with your online security.
Why You Need to Secure the Internet of
Things?

4.  There are a number of ways that criminals can leverage the Internet of
Things to infiltrate your home.
 Skilled hackers could use your home’s power signature to figure out the
best time for a burglary. If your car gets hacked, you could have identity
thieves spying on everywhere you go and everything that you do.
 Webcams have been hacked on laptops, allowing criminals access to your
most intimate moments. Even if there’s no property crimes or violent
crimes committed, you don’t want to be violated in this way.

5. Operational aspects of internet of things can be secured using the following
techniques
 Secure your home wireless network. Remember that almost all of these
devices will run off of your wireless network. Hence secure the connection
the home router. Use WPA2 type security configuration in the router and
make the WPA2 stronger. Using VPN & Encryption are additional layers of
security. However, this needs sophisticated knowledge to setup and
operate.
 Use several emails. If, for example, you have an email for your connected
pill bottle, and another for your connected car, you’re not as vulnerable as
someone who has all of their information associated with one account
linked across several devices.
How to Secure Your Home in the Age of the
Internet of Things?

6.  Always update the firmware on your connected devices. This is as
important as updating the operating system and Internet security suite
on your computer and mobile devices. When hackers start to attack the
Internet of Things, they’re almost always going to use known exploits
to do it, the kind that are patched when firmware updates.
 Remember that your main laptop computer is part of your overall
connection to the Internet of Things. So make sure to update your
operating system and Internet security suite, as well as all the apps on
your laptop.

7. In addition to this basics of security needs to be adhered at all times to prevent any hacks into any system that’s connected to
internet.
 Secure Passwords: The keys to our digital kingdom, passwords should
be closely protected. A lot of the times, that’s all a cybercriminal needs
to gain access to your account.
 Malware: Malware, malware, malware! You hear that term
everywhere, however, it can mean so many different things. Malware is
more of an umbrella term used for any kind of malicious software on
the Internet landscape- from annoying adware to devastating
ransomware.
 Privacy: If this isn’t an issue for you, it should be. A lot of people take
the stance of “I don’t do anything wrong, therefore I have nothing to
hide.” however that is largely misinterpreted. You have everything to
hide.

8.  Data Breaches: Data breaches are why we should care about our privacy.
Scammers and criminals target companies in order to obtain as much data
as possible about an individual, which in turn helps them commit identity
theft or collect a hefty sum on the black market for the data.
 Safe Computing: A lot of the threats today you can combat yourself, just
armed with a little bit of knowledge. Internet security software is an
essential piece of the cyber security pie, however, it can’t protect you form
every single threat out there.
 Online Scams: Scammers are the bottom of the barrel of Internet criminals.
Online scams take hardly any technical skills to execute, yet so many people
fall for them. You can find online scams everywhere today, from social
media platforms to our private email accounts.

9.  Mobile Protection: There are just as many threats on the mobile landscape
as there are with computers. With the popularity of smartphones and
tablets on the rise, they are becoming more of a target to cybercriminals.
Since we’re starting to use our smaller devices as we would a desktop or
laptop computer, more of our personal data is stored on these devices and
thieves are taking notice.
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