IoT and the Power Platform

In this trilling session, I will be showing you how to control, monitor and automate IoT devices, events and services using the Microsoft Power Platform.

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Everything around us has become smart, like smart infrastructures, smart cities, autonomous vehicles, to name a few. The innovation of smart devices makes it possible to achieve these heights in science and technology. But, data is vulnerable, there is a risk of attack by cybercriminals. To get started, let’s know about IoT devices.

What are IoT devices?

The Internet Of Things(IoT) is a system that interrelates computer devices like sensors, software, and actuators, digital machines, etc. They are linked together with particular objects that work through the internet and transfer data over devices without humans interference.

Famous examples are Amazon Alexa, Apple SIRI, Interconnected baby monitors, video doorbells, and smart thermostats.

How could your IoT devices be vulnerable?

When technologies grow and evolve, risks are also on the high stakes. Ransomware attacks are on the continuous increase; securing data has become the top priority.

When you think your smart home won’t fudge a thing against cybercriminals, you should also know that they are vulnerable. When cybercriminals access our smart voice speakers like Amazon Alexa or Apple Siri, it becomes easy for them to steal your data.

Cybersecurity report 2020 says popular hacking forums expose 770 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords, 620 million accounts have been compromised from 16 hacked websites.

The attacks are likely to increase every year. To help you secure your data of IoT devices, here are some best tips you can implement.

Tips to secure your IoT devices

1. Change Default Router Name

Your router has the default name of make and model. When we stick with the manufacturer name, attackers can quickly identify our make and model. So give the router name different from your addresses, without giving away personal information.

2. Know your connected network and connected devices

If your devices are connected to the internet, these connections are vulnerable to cyber attacks when your devices don’t have the proper security. Almost every web interface is equipped with multiple devices, so it’s hard to track the device. But, it’s crucial to stay aware of them.

3. Change default usernames and passwords

When we use the default usernames and passwords, it is attackable. Because the cybercriminals possibly know the default passwords come with IoT devices. So use strong passwords to access our IoT devices.

4. Manage strong, Unique passwords for your IoT devices and accounts

Use strong or unique passwords that are easily assumed, such as ‘123456’ or ‘password1234’ to protect your accounts. Give strong and complex passwords formed by combinations of alphabets, numeric, and not easily bypassed symbols.

Also, change passwords for multiple accounts and change them regularly to avoid attacks. We can also set several attempts to wrong passwords to set locking the account to safeguard from the hackers.

5. Do not use Public WI-FI Networks

Are you try to keep an eye on your IoT devices through your mobile devices in different locations. I recommend you not to use the public WI-FI network to access them. Because they are easily accessible through for everyone, you are still in a hurry to access, use VPN that gives them protection against cyber-attacks, giving them privacy and security features, for example, using Express VPN.

6. Establish firewalls to discover the vulnerabilities

There are software and firewalls like intrusion detection system/intrusion prevention system in the market. This will be useful to screen and analyze the wire traffic of a network. You can identify the security weakness by the firewall scanners within the network structure. Use these firewalls to get rid of unwanted security issues and vulnerabilities.

7. Reconfigure your device settings

Every smart device comes with the insecure default settings, and sometimes we are not able to change these default settings configurations. These conditions need to be assessed and need to reconfigure the default settings.

8. Authenticate the IoT applications

Nowadays, every smart app offers authentication to secure the accounts. There are many types of authentication methods like single-factor authentication, two-step authentication, and multi-factor authentication. Use any one of these to send a one time password (OTP) to verify the user who logs in the smart device to keep our accounts from falling into the wrong hands.

9. Update the device software up to date

Every smart device manufacturer releases updates to fix bugs in their software. These security patches help us to improve our protection of the device. Also, update the software on the smartphone, which we are used to monitoring the IoT devices to avoid vulnerabilities.

10. Track the smartphones and keep them safe

When we connect the smart home to the smartphone and control them via smartphone, you need to keep them safe. If you miss the phone almost, every personal information is at risk to the cybercriminals. But sometimes it happens by accident, makes sure that you can clear all the data remotely.

However, securing smart devices is essential in the world of data. There are still cybercriminals bypassing the securities. So make sure to do the safety measures to avoid our accounts falling out into the wrong hands. I hope these steps will help you all to secure your IoT devices.

If you have any, feel free to share them in the comments! I’d love to know them.

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Why to go for IoT Business solution over IoT Platform?

Most IoT platforms do not represent the full set of services needed to assist an enterprise to build an IoT business solution, much less to become a digital business. Any IoT platform will need to be configured, modified and integrated with back-end systems and data to best meet the requirements of the specific IoT project or deployment.
So, conclusively, IoT Platform solves just a small part of the problem; it doesn’t provide the entire IoT solution.

An End to End Complete IoT solution includes:

1. Communication Networks
2. Device gateways/controllers
3. Telemetric device management
4. Comprehensive IoT Platform
5. API management and integration
6. IT application platforms

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The Best of IoT: Tutorials and Articles

We’ve compiled the best of the best from the IoT Zone, where you’ll find articles and tutorials using Arduino, Raspberry Pi, MQTT, and microcontrollers. You’ll also see lists of different IoT platforms and augmented reality SDKs as well as Arduino alternatives if that’s not your thing. We also pulled together articles on IoT and agriculture, healthcare, transportation, and much more. Enjoy!

Tutorials and Projects

• How to Set Up an OpenVPN Server on a Raspberry Pi by David Cabanero — Want to learn more about how to set up an OpenVPN server on a Raspberry Pi? Check out this post to learn how with the Remote Access VPN.
• MQTT Publishing and Subscribing Messages to MQTT Broker (CloudMQTT) Using .NET C## MQTT Client Library by Kapil Khandelwal — In this article, learn how to use MQTTnet.NET C## MQTT Client Library to publish and subscribe messages to MQTT Broker.
• Raspberry Pi IoT: Sensors, InfluxDB, MQTT, and Grafana by Francesco Azzola — Learn how to build a dashboard based on Grafana that visualizes data acquired by sensors.
• How to Choose a Microcontroller for IoT by Jessica Califano — Most IoT devices use some kind of microcontroller. Learn more about selecting one for your IoT device.
• MQTT Client Load Balancing With RabbitMQ and Spring Cloud by Radwan Nizam — Expand your knowledge of MQTT Client and load balancing.
• How to Set Up Amateur Radio Digital Voice Hotspot With Pi-Star and mmdvm by Kevin Hooke — Want to learn how to set up an amateur radio digital voice hotspot? Check out this post to learn how using mmdvm and Pi-Star setup —DSTAR, DMR, and other modes.

Building the World’s Largest Raspberry Pi Cluster by Gerald Venzl — Oracle’s Raspberry Pi Supercomputer, the largest Raspberry Pi cluster known to exist, got

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Understanding IoT Standards and Protocols | Powering Internet of Things

Introduction

A plethora of devices connected and sharing information is called the internet of things. These devices collect, send and receive data to applications, objects, and servers. They are used in various industries like automotive, industrial automation, medicine, security systems, and manufacturing.

There are various protocols and standards to connect. To decide a protocol, we need to consider the following aspects:

• bandwidth
• range
• power consumptions
• node of the protocols.

This article is aimed at understanding IoT standards and protocols offered by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The following will give the protocol structure much better:

• IoT Data Link Protocol
• IEEE 802.15.4e
• IEEE 802.11 ah
• WirelessHART
• Z-Wave
• Bluetooth Low Energy
• Zigbee Smart Energy
• DASH7
• HomePlug
• G.9959
• LTE-A
• LoRaWAN
• Weightless
• DECT/ULE
• Network Layer
• Routing Protocols
• RPL
• CORPL
• CARP
• Encapsulation Protocols
• LoWPAN
• 6TiSCH
• 6Lo
• IPv6 over G.9959
• IPv6 over Bluetooth Low Energy
• Session Layer Protocols
• MQTT
• SMQTT
• AMQP
• CoAP
• XMPP
• DDS
• IoT Management Protocol
• Interconnection of Heterogeneous Datalink
• Smart Transducer Interface
• Security in IoT Protocols
• MAC 802.15.4
• 6LoWPAN
• RPL
• Application Layer

Background of IoT Protocol

In 1982, the first machine which can communicate, and track record was created. It was a soft drink vending machine from Coca-Cola. In 1999, an RFID technology researcher, Kelvin Ashton coined the term internet of things. In two decades from 2000-2019, the system had undergone rapid development and found many practical applications.

Since then, it has evolved as a different internet world, it requires a new range of standards and protocols. Although new standards are available some applications still use technology like HTTP.

Necessity of IoT Protocols

The following points will emphasize the necessity of these communication protocols and how they help us in overcoming issues:

• Can be used to call for help in case of emergency or failure of another device which is connected.
• Assist in notifying the user about the emergency.
• Economically profitable, as the end-user data can be used to analyse trends and market.
• Minimizes risks of security threats.
• Unification of all the IoT communications available worldwide.
• Heterogeneity within the connected systems.

Types of IoT Connections

The connections of the devices in IoT platform can be of following types:

• Device to Device (D2D)
• Device to Gateway
• Gateway to Data systems
• Between data systems

Let’s discuss in brief about each connection type of IoT.

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