We don’t have an IoT security problem, we have a threat comprehension problem This week, everyone on the internet who styles themselves any kind of expert is talking about the Internet Of Things, and in particular “botnets” formed from thousands of poorly secured IoT devices, as a potential threat to the Internet. …

In three previous articles I’ve written about the challenges of managing Internet of Things (IoT) rollout while minmising risk. Now the genie is out of the bottle, the Mirai Botnet today wreaked havoc by attacking a key DNS provider used by many major internet sites. There are a lot of…

Bruce Schneier writes this article on IoT calling for a regulatory framework to enforce security standards in IoT devices where the market will not. I agree with his main point, the market will not fix the problem, because (cheap) bad security drives out good. I would add an amplification, however…

Quite a few people are worried that Apple’s latest product, the iPhone 7, lacks a 3.5mm headphone jack. I’m here to tell you, “Come on in, Wireless audio is fine!”. As someone who has used Bluetooth wireless headphones for nearly a decade, the death of the analog audio socket on…

Three pointers on bringing the Internet of Things into your workplace without inviting chaos too — The “Internet of Things” is about tiny, cheap, ubiquitous devices that inhabit (some would say “infest”) your workplace and/or home, and quietly provide or display information. To help imagine how IoT will change our lives, I use the “coffee rule”. Think about something that wastes your time in the physical…

If you are contemplating a smartphone app to complement your IoT product, remember, an App is for Life, not just for Christmas. A slapdash, barely usable, or unmaintained mobile application is probably worse than none at all. …

It puzzles me when businesses decide to change their strategic direction and begin by laying off staff, while promising shareholders and the public that the savings will be “reinvested”. Most recently, Cisco has announced eliminating over 5000 staff (“positions”), 7% of their workforce, to shift focus toward IoT and Cloud…

Three challenges that we’ll need to tackle unless we want the future of the IoT to to be a dumpster fire. — The Internet of things is here. To borrow a phrase from Gibson, it’s just not evenly distributed yet. From the right vantage point, you can observe enough of the future to forsee some looming problems. …