Cyber Defense eMagazine May 2019

The Internet of Things Signal Transmission Challenges
By Milica D. Djekic
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a quite fast growing landscape and it’s so important to understand why its
safety and security matter. That technology would be vitally dependable on the internet connectivity, so
if we lose a touch with the web – we would get something that is less usable at some level. It’s so
significant to get why we should take care about the entire IoT project’s initiation which should include
the intelligent definition of the cybersecurity requirements. For instance, try to imagine how it would work
if your smart home, building or city appliances would cancel their functioning at the Christmas or New
Year Eve when the majority of people on the North Hemisphere intend to enjoy the wonderful family
moments. It’s quite clear that some extreme weather conditions worldwide could paralyze the huge
regions over the globe and those are something we should put under our control using the smallest
amount of time to repair all the disaster consequences that occurred somewhere. The similar situation is
with the critical infrastructure such as the electricity systems, so far, which could get the target of some
devastating weather states or even skillfully planned hacker’s attacks. As it’s well-known, the IoT
infrastructure would count about 50 billion devices so soon globally and that mass usage could recognize
such a technology as the critical infrastructure for a reason its collapse could impact so many people on
the planet. The internet signal is also critically important information carrier and as the IoT solutions vitally
depend on the web connectivity – it’s quite clear why we need to protect such a communications channel.
Finally, the IoT is finding its place amongst the industry and manufacturing sectors, so the challenges of
its safety and security are far more obvious.
The Source Spots of Internet Connectivity
The internet is a global network that would rely on a large number of servers, datacenters and providers
serving to assure the entire infrastructure and provide the good communications channels to all end
users. The IoT technology is something that would mainly be in hands of the web’s consumers and if
there is no internet connectivity at the endpoint the reason for so could be far more different. In some
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