Call for Chapters: Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoTs): Models, Algorithms, and Implementations

We have a new book underway, Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (IoTs): Models, Algorithms, and Implementations, edited by Dr. Fei Hu from the University of Alabama. If you're interested in participating, here's a link to the Call for Chapters.

Internet of Things to Redefine Scope of IT Security

A recent report from Gartner is sounding the alarm about the burgeoning threat from IoT.
I've been riding this horse for a long time now. But recently, attacks on these systems are headlining the mainstream media: hijacked baby monitors, hijacked cars and drones, hacked medical devices, ...  Attacks are limited only by the imaginations of the hackers, which seems endless.

If you haven't investigated for yourself what IoT means for your enterprise and yourself, it's not too late to start.

We have some articles on IoT, M2M, NFC, RIFD, sensors, CPS, etc.

The Internet of Things

Internet of Things: A Context-Awareness Perspective

Internet of Things (IoT) Reaching Tipping Point

MTC/M2M Middleware

And, we also have a slew of books on the subject:

Unit and Ubiquitous Internet of Things

The Internet of Things: From RFID to the Next-Generation Pervasive Networked Systems

Cyber-Physical Systems: Integrated Computing and Engineering Design

Machine-to-Machine Communications: Architectures, Technology, Standards, and Applications

The Internet of Things in the Cloud: A Middleware Perspective

Who knows what evil lurks in the Internet of Things?

According to a recent article in CIO, the Internet of Things is creating a scary world. And to think Cisco has started advertising it on TV.

Be frightened. Be very frightened. What you don't know can hurt you.

So, rather than curse the darkness of impending IoT doom, read Unit and Ubiquitous Internet of Things.

Written by Huansheng Ning, it

• Introduces essential IoT concepts from the perspectives of mapping and interaction between the physical world and cyber world
• Outlines a fundamental architecture for future IoT, based on the IoT layered model, topological structure, various existence forms, and corresponding logical relationships
• Presents specific case studies that illustrate various application scenarios
• Establishes an IoT technology system based on the knowledge of IoT scientific problems
• Provides an overview of core technologies, including basic connotation, development status, and open challenges

Wave of Connected Devices Poses Security and Privacy Challenges

ISACA says the governing the Internet of Things won't be easy.

OK. I'll buy that. But first, what's the Internet of Things?

Here are some resources to bring you up to speed on the technology so you then address the security.

Books

Cyber-Physical Systems: Integrated Computing and Engineering Design

Unit and Ubiquitous Internet of Things

The Internet of Things in the Cloud: A Middleware Perspective

Articles

The Internet of Things

Communication Middleware for the Internet of Things 

Smart Grids

China Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Commerce

According to this WSJ report, the attacks breached computer systems and stole email. And the story gets better.

"The Chamber continues to see suspicious activity, they say. A thermostat at a town house the Chamber owns on Capitol Hill at one point was communicating with an Internet address in China, they say, and, in March, a printer used by Chamber executives spontaneously started printing pages with Chinese characters."

A thermostat communicating with an IP address in China?! The interconnected, M2M, IoT world--what's not to love?