Partnerships forging Internet of Things, digital commerce path
A single company or service provider cannot provide the entire end-to-end ecosystem required to roll out machine-to-machine (M2M), Internet of Things (IoT) and digital commerce systems, but partnerships between various companies – often in separate industries – are making initial digital mobility services possible.
A key requirement of a mobility, IoT and digital commerce eco- system is that security be included at every stage of design and in every element that constitutes the ecosystem, says digital security company Gemalto Telecommunication Solutions Middle East and Africa senior VP Sherry Zameer.
“An IoT ecosystem is inherently open, and securing it requires a different paradigm from that of securing one company or network. Breaches must be expected, vulnerabilities actively addressed and data secured so that it is not compromised in the event of a breach.”
Device hardware, software, network gateways, wide area networks and cloud systems must all be secure, and the data must be encrypted on the devices, in storage (including in the cloud) and in transit, he says.
“Data stored on any form factor, whether a wearable or mobile device, or any other device or interface, must be encrypted to prevent data being compromised even if the device is lost or stolen.”
All elements of an IoT and digital commerce ecosystem can adopt standards and best practices from existing industries, as well as security elements and standards for use in IoT and digital commerce systems, he notes.
“Transaction security in the financial services and banking industry is robust and is used to secure digital payments. “Similarly, the elements used for these transactions – bank cards, chips, one-time personal identity numbers, active verification (usually through a mobile device), secure communications channels and embedded security – can all be adopted and adapted to secure other use cases in M2M, IoT and digital commerce processes.”
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation