Living in the Internet of Things
PETRAS/IET Conference 28-29 March 2018
Professor Jeremy Watson CBE FREng
Director and Principal Investigator
Setting the Scene
• Cyber attacks cost businesses as much as $400 billion a year
[Lloyds London]
• 99.9% of exploited vulnerabilities were compromised more
than a year after the vulnerability was published [Verizon
2017 Data Breach Investigations Report]
• By 2020 there will be 22 billion connected things [Cisco]
• Interdisciplinary thinking is central to Cyber Security
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The Internet of Things (IoT)
• Very broad definition, links to Big Data and Data Analytics
• Smart technologies make previously unintelligent things (like home
thermostats, white goods, or building management systems) able to
compute and communicate – typically wirelessly
• Almost all the data that IoT devices send is to other machines – there are
no humans involved: ‘M2M’ communications
• By 2020, industry experts predict the number of IoT devices to exceed 20
billion (Gartner) with the market led by 13 billion consumer devices
• The possibility of hacking into IoT networks (by humans or machine
agents) brings new cyber-threats; i.e. New crime and security issues
Reference - The Internet of Things: making the most of the second digital revolution
The Government Office for Science 2014
Applications of IoT – diverse and pervasive
• Households
– Smart thermostats
– White goods
– Televisions
• Building Management Systems (BMS) – sensors and controls
– Heating, ventilation & air conditioning
– Access controls
• Industrial and Utilities control systems
– Sensors and actuators (pumps, heaters, valves, etc.)
• Medical and Hospital equipment
– Patient monitors
– Patient information recording
• Transport
– Condition monitoring
– Asset location
• Retail
Applications of IoT - Buildings