Tag: Iot Definitions

Internet of things (IoT) security is the practice of securing IoT devices and the network these devices use.

Unmanaged devices may run a variety of real-time or open source operating systems, oftentimes with inconsistent security services and capabilities, ...

Managed devices include software agents that allow them to be monitored, so network administrators can do updates, resets, reboots, or ...

Cybercriminals inject malicious scripts between legitimate nodes to access data exchanged between linked nodes. This is generally possible because nobody ...

An eavesdropping attack, also known as a sniffing or snooping attack, is a theft of information as it is transmitted ...

Active devices collect data and then, generally, do something with it. They are often connected to a network of other ...

Passive devices don’t do much except collect data and send it somewhere. These devices may be networked or require someone ...

The IoT attack surface is the sum of all potential security vulnerabilities in IoT devices and associated software and infrastructure ...

An IoT botnet is a network of computers, smart appliances and Internet-connected devices, infected with malware that are under the ...

The term Internet of things (often abbreviated to IoT) is used to describe everyday objects that are connected to the ...