SSL Encryption — Securing Internet of Things (IoT) Wednesday

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border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> By assigning IP address to all sorts of devices, ranging from household appliances, machines, medical devices and sensors to other day-to-day objects, and putting them all together on a standardised network is a common Internet of Things (IoT) practice.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mqid3BoXk/VcMdCiOua8I/AAAAAAAAj3A/mIYk7PpXnYs/s1600/SSL-Encryption-internet-of-things.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-59Mqid3BoXk/VcMdCiOua8I/AAAAAAAAj3A/mIYk7PpXnYs/s1600/SSL-Encryption-internet-of-things.jpg" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Is Internet of Things Secure?</h3> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In my previous articles, I gave you a glance of the most vulnerable smart cities that are increasingly adopting devices connected to the Internet in an attempt to add convenience and ease to daily activities.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> By 2020, there will be more than 45 Billion Internet-connected devices that will transform the way we live and work.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The bottom line:</i></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As the number of IoT enabled systems increases, the complexity of handling them increases; leading to an introduction of new risk and vulnerabilities associated with them.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Security of Internet of Things (IoT) Can’t Be Ignored</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The risks can be mitigated by more robust authentication methods at the time when the ‘<i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet-connected devices</b></i>’ initiate communication with each other, hence developing secure identification management.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For secure communication among the IoT devices, many security mechanisms and protocols have been implemented, including:</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <ul style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) system</i></b> for securing communications between the Internet-connected devices.</li> <li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol </i></b>implementation for IoTs to encrypt their communication over the network.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As it is evident, Security solutions for embedded devices connected to the Internet is also necessary. The devices also need to be secured from attacks like eavesdropping, DDoS and tampering of network traffic.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> SSL Encryption for Internet of Things (IoT)</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For SSL/TLS implementation in IoT devices, INSIDE Secure has introduced a new open source embedded SSL called <a href="http://www.matrixssl.org/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #3d5a99; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><u style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MatrixSSL Tiny</b></u></a> as an extension to MatrixSSL - a source for web servers to implement encryption layer for secure management of remote devices.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MatrixSSL Tiny is going to be demonstrated this week at Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, where the security researchers will be representing its full suite of security products and will talk about its solution for cyber attacks focussed at IoT.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MatrixSSL Tiny is a lightweight TLS software implementation for IoT devices with limited memory to make secure communications among them, yet demand more robust security to prevent eavesdropping and tampering of network traffic.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The software also performs real time functions that nulls the memory on completion of a particular session. According to researchers, MatrixSSL Tiny is the world’s smallest, yet powerful IoT security solution.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <h3 style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Why SSL is Not Sufficient?</h3> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Despite developments for enhancing the security, IoT infrastructure is still massively prone to cyber attacks that lead to offer open gateways for people with malicious intents.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Any command initiated on a smart device, be it an application or a firmware, must be verified through a chain of trust.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> If we consider a situation, where communication is taking place on a traditional IT system and an IoT smart device, we see that IT systems follow a layered security procedure; whereas in IoT smart devices authenticity and confidentiality can be tampered with.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Therefore, multi-layer security measures are needed for IoT devices too so that the IoT devices could differentiate that the information received or sent is by an authorized user or an intruder.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To sum up, I would say…</i></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br style="content: " "; display: block; margin: 20px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The security of IoT enabled devices are becoming critical and a thing of concern for the security enablers. The point to be worried about is its future developments where, it is seen as a boon and not a bane.</div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="articlebodyonly" id="articlebodyonly" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div id="aim12388579919672172336" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div dir="ltr" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;" trbidi="on"> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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