IoT’s turn for the Kool-Aid?Geoff Ballinger

Founder & Organiser, Mobile Monday EdinburghSystem Architect, deltaDNA@geoffballinger, #MoMoEdi

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Not according to the GSMA!

IoT == ?

Contentful, Foodini, The GlyphIoT???

“… the end of civilisation as we

know it.”(Paul Coby, Director of IT at John

Lewis, London IoT Summit)

IoT == Skynet???

“dumb pipes”“service providers”

“internet companies”

“IoT companies”

How IoT: Connectivity • Ultra-narrowband wide area• 868MHz ISM• EU centric• $115m D round – inc. telcos

• Lots of 3G, 4G, WIFI, BLE etc

How IoT: Connectivity

99.999% ???

How IoT: Security Large numbers of physically accessible low power devices in the field for 10

years+ without updates!

• ARM trust zones, SEE, apps – Android!• GSMA security guidelines – “this

year”!

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How IoT: Privacy

“privacy will almost vanish in future - but security is important”(Sanjiv Ahuja, ex CEO orange, tillman global holdings, 4YFN)

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Glass half full?• devices in the world …• devices around our person …• countless opportunities!

What is “Normal”???

Acknowledgements

Cartoons by Terry Anderson @ScottishCartoon

Used with kind permission ofInteractive Scotland@IntScotland

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Thanks for listening!