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I recently attended Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany, alongside our partners MULTOS. It was a busy 3-day event, with all the main players there from MCU Suppliers, Distributors, Technology vendors and Service suppliers.

Smart Medical Devices are the Wave of the Future

Smart medical devices are increasingly part of how specialized treatment is delivered to patients today. These devices are revolutionizing medicine, making procedures more accessible and enabling physicians to better monitor how patients respond.

Telemedicine meets IoT

One of the significant benefits of telemedicine is immediate remote access to medication in life-threatening situations. Pacemakers that doctors can remotely monitor and maintain to identify problems before a heart attack occurs, and insulin pumps that can be adjusted wirelessly, giving a patient more control and better care, are already a reality.

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) recently updated its 2018 Top 10 IoT vulnerabilities list.

As can be expected there are a number of lists compiled at the end of the year to capture and summarize trends, events and activities. The following updated list from OWASP of IoT vulnerabilities that caught our attention as it very nicely keeps it to a limit of 10 and more importantly, we can help do something about it!

Gartner defines “strategic” as those technologies that will have significant disruptive potential over the next 5 years. After reading Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends, a big takeaway for me was the juggernaut of the Digital transformed world is upon us.

Mirai, the first IoT botnet which was discovered in 2016 took down popular websites and services including Twitter, Airbnb and Netflix. Since then we were introduced to more advanced versions of Mirai like Persirai, Reaper, Satori and Okiru.

Concern over vulnerabilities in IoT products and services has become a top of mind issue with policymakers. From serious internet attacks such as the Mirai botnet cyberattack which took down major websites such as Netflix and Spotify, to privacy concerns over connected consumer devices, there is a strong push for government regulation.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is pushing full steam ahead through 2018, and it is already understood that the IoT is transforming businesses through Smart innovation and operational efficiencies, which extend far into our daily lives. Large organizations such as Microsoft, Amazon and PTC have already invested billions in the IoT and continue to do so with their IoT platform offerings. However, there are still a few challenges affecting project deployments, particularly in the area of security and risk.

For small and medium sized enterprises, cloud-based software infrastructure delivered via SaaS model can provide a great cost-effective alternative to delivering effective security services to your business.

Today, product manufacturers have a tough decision on what to build into their IoT products and how to make them stand out. Security is often seen as a “nice to have” feature but is increasingly becoming a “must have”. Simply put, product manufacturers need to pay more attention to security.