Security Is Your Job

Designing for the Internet of Things

This is the sixth and final article in a series on designing connected devices, the previous article in the series is “Time to Market vs Common Sense,” and talks about manufacturing as a startup. Links to all six articles can be found in the series overview.

Security has to be one of the first thing you consider when you design a connected device. Consumers are far more sensitive about data generated from things they can touch, and handle, than they ever have about data on the web. Big data is all very well…