{"id":8374,"date":"2018-03-03T10:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T10:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/?p=8374"},"modified":"2021-02-26T06:33:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T06:33:01","slug":"what-is-internet-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet of Things (IoT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Internet_of_Things\"><\/span>Internet of Things<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>T<\/strong>he Internet is a large network of interconnected computers spread across the world. It has been a channel hosting multiple avenues of services and information. People are now connected to each other like never before. Why limit ourselves to\u00a0 only human-to-human network? Isn\u2019t it a great idea to connect <strong>everything<\/strong> in a network so that we get real-time information and thus automate tasks? <strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/iot\">Internet of Things<\/a> (IoT)\u201d <\/strong>is currently the most \u00a0discussed topic which contemplates automation and has potential to impact human lives in the near future.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#Internet_of_Things\" >Internet of Things<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#What_is_IoT\" >What is IoT?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#Example\" >Example:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#Is_IoT_a_new_concept\" >Is IoT a new concept?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#Example-2\" >Example:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#What_are_the_components_of_IoT\" >What are the components of IoT?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#How_does_the_IoT_communicate\" >How does the IoT communicate?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#What_are_the_application_areas_of_IoT\" >What are the application areas of IoT?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#IoT_as_a_service\" >IoT as a service<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#What_are_the_advantages_of_IoT\" >What are the advantages of IoT?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/what-is-internet-of-things\/#What_are_the_disadvantages_of_IoT\" >What are the disadvantages of IoT?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let\u2019s understand \u00a0more about the domain:<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_IoT\"><\/span><strong>What is IoT?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IoT is a big network wherein any device (or almost anything) with an Internet Protocol (IP) address is connected to the internet (or to each other) to automate tasks or limit human intervention. The devices can be mobile phones, watch, lights, Television sets, machines in the factories, vehicles, mountains etc. which can have a configured computer chip, software and electronic sensors are embedded in it. It can also be living things like animals on a farm, birds, humans etc.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example\"><\/span><strong>Example: <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A smart home where the music system senses the mood of a person and plays the particular genre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/smart-city-solutions\"><strong>smart city<\/strong><\/a> where the municipality monitors and administers the whole city through a big network laid for the purpose. Any defects in roads, buildings, drainage are automatically sensed and then repaired in a short amount of \u00a0time. City\u2019s public transport system instantly notifies the change in the schedule to the users. Public utilities for fire control, ambulance and police are instantly notified of the adverse cases so that they can take quick actions.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_IoT_a_new_concept\"><\/span><strong>Is IoT a new concept?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not exactly, devices like personal computers (PC), mobile phones etc. have been communicating with each other since the 1970s. We have also seen electronic sensors automatically operating the machines, raising alarms etc.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example-2\"><\/span><strong>Example:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An action detected by a motion sensor installed in a restricted area will raise an alarm in the security agency which is at another location. Close Circuit Television (CCTV) monitors and communicate the data to the administrator remotely and it is not something new to the people. Till now there has been many cases but no one used the term \u2018IoT\u2019 specifically, but only now the term has emerged.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_components_of_IoT\"><\/span><strong>What are the components of IoT?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A typical IoT environment has following components:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Physical objects.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Things that are connected in a single network. <strong>Example:<\/strong> A car, a building, an animal etc.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Sensors<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A hardware which \u00a0senses the environment around a \u00a0physical object.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Components-of-IoT-Sensors.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8375 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Components-of-IoT-Sensors.png\" alt=\"Components of IoT - Sensors\" width=\"372\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Components-of-IoT-Sensors.png 372w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Components-of-IoT-Sensors-150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Components-of-IoT-Sensors-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some types of sensors are: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Accelerometers:<\/strong> Used for sensing temperature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Magnetometers:<\/strong> Used for sensing proximity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gyroscopes:<\/strong> Used for sensing image.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>People.<\/strong><br \/>\nWho controls the IoT via mobile or computer application software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Services.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe central services\u00a0 are used to process large amount data collected by a\u00a0 device, provide analytics and host the entire IoT ecosystem. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/private-cloud-hosting\"><strong>CLOUD COMPUTING<\/strong><\/a> services are popularly used in IoT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Network.<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT components use a wired or wireless computer network to connect and communicate with each other in the IoT ecosystem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_the_IoT_communicate\"><\/span><strong>How does the IoT communicate?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IoT uses standard communication technologies and protocols. Some protocols \u00a0fit for the IoT are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Near field communication (NFC)<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is a protocol for communication between electronic devices, typically mobile devices, which are held very close to each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Near-field-communication.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8376 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Near-field-communication.png\" alt=\"Near field communication\" width=\"372\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Near-field-communication.png 372w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Near-field-communication-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Near-field-communication-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Radio frequency Identification (RFID)<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT uses radio transmitter-receivers to identify and track objects which have RFID tags embedded in them.<br \/>\n<strong>Example:<\/strong> Prepaid travel cards of Delhi metro rail service. The card is to be scanned by the RFID scanner on the railway station and your account is automatically credited\/debited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-frequency-Identification.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8377 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-frequency-Identification.png\" alt=\"Radio frequency Identification\" width=\"488\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-frequency-Identification.png 488w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-frequency-Identification-150x40.png 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Radio-frequency-Identification-300x81.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Radio protocols.<\/strong><br \/>\nThese technologies are low-power but offer high throughput power of small local device networks without the typical costs.<br \/>\n<strong>Example<\/strong>: ZigBee, Z-Wave, Thread etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>LTE-A.<\/strong><br \/>\nLTE-A is an advanced version of LTE technology. It increases the coverage area and reduces latency rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Wi-Fi direct.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt does not need an access point. It allows peer-to-peer (P-P) connections with the speed of Wi-Fi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wi-Fi-direct.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8378 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wi-Fi-direct.png\" alt=\"Wi-Fi direct\" width=\"488\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wi-Fi-direct.png 488w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wi-Fi-direct-150x83.png 150w, https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Wi-Fi-direct-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_application_areas_of_IoT\"><\/span><strong>What are the application areas of IoT?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IoT can be implemented in the domains like engineering, medicine, agriculture, governance, to name a few.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Home\/workplace:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>IoT<\/strong> in our home or workplace can help\u00a0 automate things helping us to be more comfortable and increase productivity.<strong>Example:<\/strong> At the entry gate of your office, face recognition system (in IoT) recognizes your face and allows you to enter. Now according to your previously set preferences the lights, Air conditioner (AC), music system etc. are automatically recalibrated. Your computer system will also show the logs of visitors, while you can also monitor the same for your home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Engineering:<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT provides monitoring and control of various processes in industries with more accuracy, efficiency and less cost. <strong>Example:<\/strong> In a manufacturing unit, if a change in manufacturing policy is notified, all the production robots that are connected in IoT would re-program themselves to meet the new standards. <strong>Example:<\/strong>\u00a0 IoT helps municipalities to monitor city roads, buildings and other infrastructure. It can also help them to monitor the environment in the overall city administration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Medicine:<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT can prove beneficial in the medical field. It can enhance medical care research by creating a network of medical devices.<strong>Example:<\/strong> A sick man calls a hospital. The call attendant fetches all the medical history of that person from a central database. Now the sensors near the\u00a0 patient analyses the current condition and displays it on the doctor\u2019s computer. The doctor will\u00a0 then prescribe medicines accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Agriculture:<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT in agriculture can help in automating the tedious tasks that otherwise require more human efforts. It can help in analyzing the soil, water, fertilizer levels etc. required for the production.<strong>Example:<\/strong> A smart farm where the milch animals have been connected\u00a0 with ICs to provide them identities (IP address). These animals while roaming on the fieldwill collect the data like soil\u2019s moisture, salinity, pest level etc. helping the farmers receive\u00a0 accurate data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Governance:<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT can be used in city planning, administration, policies and providing better facilities to the citizens.<strong>Example:<\/strong> The city police have identified zones which have high crime rates and those areas with low crime rates. An unusual behaviour in these areas alerts the police and they can take necessary actions or even prevent crime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"IoT_as_a_service\"><\/span><strong>IoT as a service<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Technology companies, having known the benefits of IoT, have started providing IoT solutions as a service. Popular platforms that are designed specifically for IoT are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Thingworx<\/strong> is a platform to develop and deploy IoT with an intuitive Graphic User Interface (GUI). It hosts a wide range of development tools for analysis, connectivity, distribution and support interoperability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Salesforce IoT cloud<\/strong> provides a platform to quickly connect devices to IoT and\u00a0 processes the data collected from devices, websites, people etc. <strong>Eclipse IoT<\/strong> is a platform of tools to create IoT based on open source technologies. <strong>Eclipse Smart home project<\/strong> and <strong>eclipse SCADA<\/strong> are popular open source implementation based on eclipse IoT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Amazon web services (AWS) IoT<\/strong> is a platform that uses various AWS services to build and manage IOT ecosystem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Microsoft Azure IoT hub<\/strong> is a platform that provides cloud storage, machine learning, data analytics and other tools to provide a complete solution for IoT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Bosch IoT service<\/strong> provides flexible, open source solution on cloud to implement IoT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Cisco Virtualized Packet Core (VPC)<\/strong> provides virtualized networking solution allowing scalability and faster deployment. It provides solutions of 4G, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Contiki<\/strong> is an operating system designed specifically to implement IoT and uses the devices with limited resources (limited power, memory etc.).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_advantages_of_IoT\"><\/span><strong>What are the advantages of IoT?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/iot\">IoT<\/a> has a lot to offer in almost every domain we can think of.\u00a0 Following are the significant advantages of IoT:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Accuracy<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT generates a large amount of data. The more the information is analyzed, the easier it is to make right decisions and do tasks accurately. IoT seeks to eliminate the errors caused by humans thus, it promises a level of precision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Time-saving<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT saves a lot of time by automating the tasks which are otherwise very time-consuming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Monitoring<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT helps to monitor things in the real time. We can know the availability of things instantly and track them whenever we want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is the most important aspect to consider. IoT brings in automation, which can replace human beings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_the_disadvantages_of_IoT\"><\/span><strong>What are the disadvantages of IoT?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IoT faces following major challenges:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Security and privacy<\/strong><br \/>\nIoT continuously communicates and collects information on a network. An Attack on the network can affect the critical IoT deployments. .<br \/>\nAs IoT seeks detailed information about the things, they expose a risk of compromising an individual\u2019s privacy <strong>IoT poses risks of <\/strong><strong>Identity theft:<\/strong> Data of IoT devices is openly available.There can be <strong>Data theft<\/strong> where unscrupulous elements steal the data and misuse it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Complexity<\/strong><br \/>\nThe IoT ecosystem is complex to design, deploy and maintain. Moreover, A <strong>Faulty design of its components<\/strong> can fail the important systems leading to disaster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> A water dam operating automatically in IoT. If the water levels are sensed incorrectly and the gates are opened instead of rotation of turbines, a city can be rendered\u00a0 flooded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Interoperability between components<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is no particular standard followed in IoT. Therefore Interoperability between the components from different manufacturers is a challenge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Social disorder<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is not a technical concern but can be a major ill-effect in the society. IoT promoting automation will replace the humans in many activities and lead to joblessness. This might create a disorder in the society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">IoT promises more comfort and ease in the lives of humans. It gives endless opportunities to provide solutions to some of the common problems faced by us. With all its impressive advantages, there are multiple aforementioned challenges. IoT can be leveraged to solve the mundane problems. IoT \u00a0should be taken only as a utility and any kind of dependence on it can have serious consequences. The risks, however, can be mitigated by practising diligent security measures. \u00a0Today, broadband internet is widely available, the connectivity has reached almost everywhere, devices are being manufactured with sensors built into them and technology costs are going down supporting the IoT. IoT has become a billion-dollar industry and certainly is poised to triple in the near future given its capabilities and integration with technologies like Machine Learning, Cloud Computing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet of Things The Internet is a large network of interconnected computers spread across the world. It has been a channel hosting multiple avenues of services and information. People are now connected to each other like never before. Why limit ourselves to\u00a0 only human-to-human network? 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