{"id":24666,"date":"2017-06-06T01:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T22:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=24666"},"modified":"2017-09-29T14:56:17","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T11:56:17","slug":"the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet of Things to Face Technology, Business, and Social Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#Three_groups_of_issues_for_IoT\" >Three groups of issues for IoT<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#Technology_security_comes_first\" >Technology: security comes first<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#Business_the_need_for_an_IoT_strategy\" >Business: the need for an IoT strategy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#Society_privacy_issues_and_regilations\" >Society: privacy issues and regilations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#Related_slides\" >Related slides<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#Related_reading\" >Related reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-internet-of-things-to-face-technology-business-and-social-challenges\/#About_the_speaker\" >About the speaker<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Three_groups_of_issues_for_IoT\"><\/span>Three groups of issues for IoT<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_22568\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ahmed-banafa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ahmed-banafa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmed Banafa\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-22568\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>Ahmed Banafa<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Internet of Things poses the next level of automation for every process in our life. Many companies see big opportunity in IoT because it holds the promise to drive growth by reducing costs, risks, and fraud. Enterprises start to believe that IoT can also enhance customer relations by improving quality, productivity, and reliability within the company.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmedbanafa\" target=\"_blank\">Ahmed Banafa<\/a> of San Jose State University, the future of IoT will be shaped by the three blocks of challenges: technological, business, and societal.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The technology issues are the most prominent and important, though all the three areas must be addressed for the IoT industry to thrive.&#8221; \u2014Ahmed Banafa, San Jose State University<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahmed urges to think of the future that is soon to come, in which \u201cour very lives and health could become the target of IoT hack attacks.\u201d During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/webinars\/key-challenges-facing-the-future-of-iot\">webinar<\/a>, Ahmed focused on discussing all of these topics, suggesting possible &#8220;remedies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technology_security_comes_first\"><\/span>Technology: security comes first<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Within technology-driven challenges, Ahmed outlines a set of specific-related issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Security<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring connectivity<\/li>\n<li>Compatibility and longevity<\/li>\n<li>Standards<\/li>\n<li>Intelligent analysis and actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Observing that IoT implementation today is challenging by far in many ways, Ahmed stressed the need to consider security as a top priority.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is not easy because it&#8217;s early days, there&#8217;s no unified way of doing it, and you have to bring together many moving parts. Security is the first thing we should do before we think about anything else.\u201d \u2014Ahmed Banafa, San Jose State University<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Principles of IoT security<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to Ahmed, today&#8217;s sensors are the typical <strong>dumb machines<\/strong> we humans usually build, and not at the level of being smart enough to know what&#8217;s gong on around them. He also refers to multiple incidents caused by a lack of security.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe IoT has already turned into a serious security concern that has drawn the attention of prominent tech firms and government agencies across the world. (For example,) the hacking of baby monitors, smart fridges, thermostats, drug infusion pumps, cameras, and even assault rifles are signifying a security nightmare being caused by the future of IoT.\u201d \u2014Ahmed Banafa<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ahmed doesn&#8217;t see the situation getting any easier to handle. \u201cThis fear was of course realized with a massive distributed denial of service attack that crippled the servers of services like Twitter, Netflix , The New York Times, and PayPal across the U.S. on October 21, 2016,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/security-in-the-future-internet-of-things.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/security-in-the-future-internet-of-things.jpg\" alt=\"security-in-the-future-internet-of-things\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cSo many new nodes being added to the networks and the Internet will provide malicious actors with innumerable attack vectors and possibilities to carry out their evil deeds, especially since a considerable number of them suffer from security holes.\u201d \u2014Ahmed Banafa<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Security-related issues further encompass:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undefined audit and logging standards for IoT components<\/li>\n<li>Restricted interfaces for IoT devices to interact with security devices and applications<\/li>\n<li>No focus on identifying methods for achieving situational awareness of the security posture of an organization\u2019s IoT assets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enterprises can remedy security concerns by considering six major <strong>security principles<\/strong> across the stack:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Device intelligence<\/li>\n<li>Edge processing<\/li>\n<li>Device initiated connections<\/li>\n<li>Messaging control<\/li>\n<li>Identification, authentication, and encryption<\/li>\n<li>Remote control and updates of devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/six-principles-of-iot-security-across-the-stack.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/six-principles-of-iot-security-across-the-stack.jpg\" alt=\"six-principles-of-iot-security-across-the-stack\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24697\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahmed recommends that vendors move beyond the present \u201cgold rush\u201d era of the IoT, in which security is taking a back seat to functionality in a mad dash for customers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Connectivity and decentralization<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As devices grow in number at the speed of light, ensuring connectivity is a thing to think about now, as it will define the communication models and the technologies behind. According to Ahmed, today, we yet stick to the centralized, server\/client paradigm to authenticate, authorize, and connect different nodes in a network. This approach is still a working one, but soon it hardly will.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThis model is sufficient for current IoT ecosystems, where tens, hundreds, or even thousands of devices are involved. But when networks grow to join billions and hundreds of billions of devices, centralized brokered systems will turn into a bottleneck.\u201d \u2014Ahmed Banafa, San Jose State University<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As one would expect, building complex systems like that will require huge investments to maintain cloud servers that can handle such large amounts of information exchange. An entire system can go down if the server becomes unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>So, Ahmed stressed the need for a rigorously <strong>decentralized approach<\/strong> to compute within growing IoT networks. This touches on the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fog_computing\" target=\"_blank\">fog computing<\/a> (a term <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/dam\/en_us\/solutions\/trends\/iot\/docs\/computing-overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">coined by Cisco<\/a>), also known as edge computing.<\/p>\n<p>As enormous numbers of sensors are deployed over wide areas, Ahmed rhetorically asked why we had to send this data all the way to the cloud. According to him, part of the task can be accomplished by moving functionality to the edge, in which such smart devices as IoT hubs take charge of time-critical operations, while cloud servers take on data gathering and analytical responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed also mentioned the notions of <strong>peer-to-peer communications<\/strong>, in which devices identify and authenticate one another, leading to \u201cmeshes with (the added benefit of) no single point of failure.\u201d This approach introduces its own chellenges, of course, but they can be addressed with new technologies, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/decentralized-blockchain-as-a-solution-to-iot-security\/\">blockchain<\/a>, according to Ahmed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Compatibility and standards<\/b><\/p>\n<p>All of these issues only increase the challenge of having established standards and protocols and some semblance of order in their use. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/applying-data-centric-approach-to-unify-iot-security-policies\/\">standards and protocols<\/a> are a mess.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/standards-and-protocols-used-in-the-internet-of-things.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/standards-and-protocols-used-in-the-internet-of-things.png\" alt=\"standards-and-protocols-used-in-the-internet-of-things\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24694\" \/><\/a><small><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@dledge\/making-sense-of-the-myriad-of-iot-standards-and-protocols-88dc4792ba1f\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThe IoT is growing in many different directions, with many different technologies competing to become the standard. This will cause difficulties and require the deployment of extra hardware and software when connecting devices.\u201d \u2014Ahmed Banafa, San Jose State University<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Issues with Wi-Fi while capturing data are becoming more relevant, as well. Ahmed provided an example of Tesla, which strives to capture a lot of data in real time and close to real time. Information about brakes, for example, needs to be transmitted quickly and consistently, but faces unacceptable lags in today&#8217;s 4G LTE networks. Ahmed said the deployment of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/5G\" target=\"_blank\">5G networks<\/a> should remedy this particular issue and issues related to it. <\/p>\n<p>We should note, however, that there is no consensus standard for 5G (sounds familiar). 5G networks are not likely to roll out before 2020 and their promised blazing speeds (100 Mbps to 1 Gbps) are only part of the equation in making them effective with, say, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/a-car-app-in-6-months-mercedes-benz-daimler-gains-pace-with-cloud-foundry\/\">connected cars<\/a> in motion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Intelligent analysis and actions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ahmed noted that &#8220;the last stage in IoT implementation is <strong>extracting insights<\/strong> from data for analysis, where analysis is driven by cognitive technologies and the accompanying models that facilitate their use.&#8221; According to him, timely decision-making and action should rely on real-time event processing and moden analytics tools. Still, he balanced this thought with the reality that legacy systems in most enterprises were built to handle structured data.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Traditional analytics software generally works on batch-oriented processing.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Ahmed Banafa, San Jose State University<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new world of unstructured data maelstroms will need new systems, he thus implied. These new systems must be working with ever-improving algorithms because \u201cwithout smart algorithms, we&#8217;ll just be working with more dumb systems.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Business_the_need_for_an_IoT_strategy\"><\/span>Business: the need for an IoT strategy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>All of the technical issues lead to a business-related conclusion: &#8220;without a sound and a <strong>solid business model for IoT<\/strong>, we will have another bubble,&#8221; according to Ahmed. \u201cThis model must satisfy all the requirements for all kinds of e-commerce: vertical markets, horizontal markets, and consumer markets,\u201d in an environment of regulatory and legal scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve that, enterprises have to clearly understand the value chain and business model for solutions in each of the IoT sectors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>consumer (smart cars, phones, watches, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>commercial (e.g., inventory control or medical devices)<\/li>\n<li>industrial (i.e., connected meters, pipeline monitors, and robots)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some insight for an IoT strategy can be found in a survey from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insiderintelligence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BI Intelligence<\/a> that Ahmed cited during the webinar, in which business leaders listed their reasons for adopting IoT-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/reasons-why-businesses-adopt-iot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/reasons-why-businesses-adopt-iot.jpg\" alt=\"reasons-why-businesses-adopt-iot\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24705\" \/><\/a><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insiderintelligence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A successful IoT strategy should address as many of these as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Society_privacy_issues_and_regilations\"><\/span>Society: privacy issues and regilations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The third leg of the IoT stool comprises societal concerns, Ahmed said. Not only do \u201ccustomer demands and requirements change constantly,\u201d he said, but the uses for IoT around the globe are also expanding and changing, crossing social and cultural boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, lagging or waning consumer confidence for connected products \u201cwould prevent the IoT from fulfilling its true potential,\u201d Ahmed said. Here, steps in the need to teach consumers <strong>IoT best practices <\/strong>in order to nourish confidence in using connected devices and understanding why they even bought them.<\/p>\n<p>Pesky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-use-of-iot-who-owns-the-data\/\">privacy issues<\/a> will also not go away, typified by the evergreen question of \u201cwho gets access to data and how that data are used to develop products or services and sold to advertisers and third parties,\u201d Ahmed said. He concluded with a thought that we are in great need for &#8220;<strong>clear guidelines<\/strong> on the retention, use, and security of data, including metadata.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Want details? Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/webinars\/key-challenges-facing-the-future-of-iot\">the webinar recording<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_slides\"><\/span>Related slides<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/blXBJM2Ke1kQV7\" width=\"595\" height=\"485\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_reading\"><\/span>Related reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-use-of-iot-who-owns-the-data\/\">The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Use of IoT: Who Owns the Data?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/applying-data-centric-approach-to-unify-iot-security-policies\/\">Applying Data-Centric Approach to Unify IoT Security Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/decentralized-blockchain-as-a-solution-to-iot-security\/\">Decentralized Blockchain as a Solution to IoT Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/2016-2017-trends-smart-cities\/\">2016\u20132017 Trends: Smart Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_speaker\"><\/span>About the speaker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmedbanafa\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Ahmed-Banafa--150x150.png\" alt=\"IoT Security Blockcgain Webinar\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-21711\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\"><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmedbanafa\/\">Ahmed Banafa<\/a> has extensive experience in research, operations, and management with focus on the IoT area. He is a reviewer and a technical contributor for the publication of several technical books. Ahmed served as a faculty advisor at several well-known universities and colleges\u2014including the University of California, Berkeley, California State University-East Bay, San Jose State University, and the University of Massachusetts. He is the recipient of several awards, including Distinguished Tenured Staff Award of 2013, Instructor of the year for 2013\/2014, and Certificate of Honor for Instructor from the City and County of San Francisco. Ahmed was named as number one tech voice to follow by LinkedIn in 2016.<\/small><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p><center><small>The post is written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/rstrukhoff\/\">Roger Strukhoff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/alex\/\">Alex Khizhniak<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/author\/sophie.turol\/\">Sophie Turol<\/a>.<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three groups of issues for IoT<\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-22568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Banafa<\/p>\n<p>The Internet of Things poses the next level of automation for every process in our life. Many companies see big opportunity in IoT because it holds the promise to drive growth by reducing costs, risks, and fraud. 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