Lecture 1

Question 1

Define IoT

Answer 1

Network connectivity extends to objects, sensors and everyday tiems to allow information to be generated and exchanged with minimal human intervention

Question 2

What are the projections for IoT?

Answer 2

100B devices connected by 2025

Global impact of $11T by 2025

Question 3

Challenges for IoT (headings)

Answer 3

Societal
Technical
Legal

Question 4

Describe the societal challenges facing IoT

Answer 4

• Privacy: You produce data which can be an invasion of your privacy.
• Surveillance: Be used to monitor people - ethics.
• Security: Vulnerabilities making it easy to hack with little to no security standards. Common IoT devices with a security flaw can potentially be hacked in mass

Question 5

Describe the technical challenges facing IoT

Answer 5

• Sensor: Physical limitations
• Power consumption
• Security & Privacy: Flaws in design can lead to loopholes in bulk items (lead to attack)
• Data analytics: Computing power and skill gap
• Standards: Varying standards and issues of interoperability (vendor lock-in)

Question 6

What has caused the uprising of IoT?

Answer 6

• Connectivity
• Adoption of IP networking
• Computing economics
• Miniaturisation
• Advancing DA
• Cloud computing

Question 7

What are legal challenges facing IoT

Answer 7

• Data misuse
• Data retention laws (GDPR)
• Legal liability for misuse
• Security breaches
• Civil rights / LE