Internet Of Things And Cybersecurity

Introduction

The "Internet of Things" (IoT) is the developing web of objects embedded with microchips capable of allowing sending and receiving data, and so connecting them to the network we call the Internet. In an article in the Harvard Business Review late last year, Michael Porter and James Heppelmann explained that the "smart, connected products" constituting the Internet of things consisted of three basic components - the physical component that gave them their function, the smart component consisting of sensors and software, and the connectivity components, including antennae, radios and connection protocols. Those connections can be one-to-one (in which the product connects a user, the manufacturer, or another product), one-to-many (a central system that connects to many products), or many-to-many (where multiple products connect other products and data sources).