At the beginning of this book, we learned how IoT has captured headlines across the world. Every news article and piece of research about it describes how it can transform our daily lives. An IoT ecosystem with its smart sensor-enabled devices that communicate with each other over the internet provides immense opportunities for conducting business, providing healthcare, managing city resources, and facilitating the management of transportation and other infrastructures.
The rapid growth of the IoT ecosystem is now being challenged by security experts, and rightly so. Imagine billions of devices connected to the internet and running without appropriate security measures. It is like an open invitation to hackers who can take control of less-secure devices, and then we will be at their mercy. These devices may include highly critical medical equipment, lockers with...