May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
Ransomware Cyberattacks are a Wake-Up Call to the IoT Industry. The global ransomware cyberattack called WannaCry affected over 230,000 computers running the Windows OS in more than 150 countries earlier this week. Although the USA was mostly spared, this has undoubtedly been a huge wake-up call across the tech industry. ‘Ransomware’ attacks involve the remote hijacking of computing devices by malware transmitted over the Internet that encrypt and threatens to destroy their data if ransom is not paid within a proscribed time period. Insidiously, the user is ‘enticed’ to pay the ransom within three days, after which the price doubles. […]
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May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017
This is the first in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. Preparing the workforce of a traditional product manufacturer that is facing the challenge of having Internet-connected products for the first time is fundamentally different than securing […]
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May 24, 2017
May 24, 2017
Arrayent Enables Brand Manufacturers to Empower Consumers to Create Their Own Experiences with Connected Products REDWOOD CITY, CA – May 24, 2017—Arrayent Inc., the leading consumer IoT Platform-as-a Service, announced today the addition of the IFTTT platform to its growing list of third-party ecosystem integrations. With today’s release of Arrayent’s EcoAdaptor™ for IFTTT, brand manufacturers can now more easily achieve IFTTT interoperability with their products that are connected and managed by the Arrayent platform. Once connected through Arrayent’s EcoAdaptor service, and then submitted to IFTTT and published, brand manufacturers can empower consumers to add or create countless connections between digital […]
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May 25, 2017
May 25, 2017
This is the second in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. We began our series looking at IoT security through an organizational lens. This week we are looking through a cultural lens: How can companies build a […]
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June 1, 2017
June 1, 2017
This is the third in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. At Arrayent, we counsel consumer brands that are embarking on a connected product strategy that security cannot be an afterthought because so much is at stake. […]
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June 2, 2017
June 2, 2017
Arrayent figured into Lizette Chapman’s April 4, 2017 BloombergTechnology article about professional hackathon hustlers: [ read article here ]
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June 8, 2017
June 8, 2017
This is the fourth in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. External audits: detective work or proctology, to IoT platform companies it feels like both Any manufacturer of branded consumer products who is looking to partner […]
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June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017
If you’re a tech-minded Dad and believe leading tech pundits, your Father’s Day should yield a bounty of Internet-connected gifts. If you are wondering what to buy, the latest research for Father’s Day 2017 indicates that the best way to a Dad’s heart is through his desire for an electronic gift (18%), now beating out power tools (15%), sporting event tickets (14%) and camping/fishing/hunting related gifts (10%). Who would have thought? BEST OF FATHER’S DAY CONNECTED GIFT GUIDES As you might expect, the typical Father’s Day gift list for 2017 boasts many connected entertainment devices like 1) Roku or Chromecast, […]
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June 15, 2017
June 15, 2017
This is the fifth in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. If the world has learned anything from the high-profile connected device hacks of the past year, it’s that IoT security cannot be an afterthought. Security has […]
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June 22, 2017
June 22, 2017
This is the sixth in a series of Arrayent blog posts on IoT security. The series is written for employees of companies who sell connected products, especially those new to IoT. With this series, we hope to bring a basic level of awareness and understanding of key issues that face everyone who develops connected consumer products. We also hope to stimulate an ongoing dialog that helps move the conversation about connected products security forward. A major impetus for manufacturers is wanting to have connected products that are ‘always on.’ This allows them to innovate faster and deliver product improvements, new functionality, […]
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