One of my unchanging principles is always to look to situations where there’s a lot at stake — especially human lives — for breakthroughs in difficult issues. Exhibit A of this principle fo...
http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/iot-sensor-breakthroughs-when-lives-are-on-the-line/
OK, what will it take to make security (and privacy) job #1 for the IoT industry? The recent Mirai DDoS attack should have been enough to get IoT device companies to increase their security and p...
Don’t say I didn’t warn you about how privacy and security had to be THE highest priority for any IoT device. On September 19th, Chris Rezendes and I were the guests on a Harvard Business Rev...
Yesterday’s NYT had the most thoughtful piece I’ve seen about the long-term implications of the FBI’s attempts to get Apple to add a “backdoor” to the iPhone that would allow the agency...
http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/iots-future-makes-iphone-privacy-case-even-more-important/
As if there wasn’t already enough reason to make privacy and security your top IoT priority (see what I wrote earlier this week), now there’s more evidence Uncle Sam may be accessing your IoT...
I’ll be posting on various aspects of McKinsey’s new “The Internet of Things: Mapping the Value Beyond the Hype” report for quite some time. First of all, it’s big: 148 pages in the on...
http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/mckinsey-iot-report-nails-it-interoperability-is-key/
Smart cities are one of the Internet of Things’ most promising areas — as well as one of the most potentially dangerous. As this list of smart city initiatives shows, The IoT can reduce energ...
http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/smart-cities-opportunity-and-danger-if-security-isnt-a-priority/
Continuing with the meme of this morning’s post, that the real test of the IoT will be if it allows us to do something that we couldn’t do before, how about saving children’s lives as a goo...
http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/saving-lives-with-the-internet-of-things-school-lockdowns/
Pardon me for “shouting” in this headline, but I just had a stark realization that if one of my Internet of Things Essential Truths had been practiced by Rolls-Royce and Malaysia Air, Flight...
Hi! I’ll be joining old friend Chris Dorobek for his “Dorobek Live” discussion on GovLoop next Wednesday to talk about how the Internet of Things is changing government. The discussion ...