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With the convergence of the physical and computer worlds, IoT poses unique security, privacy and compliance challenges for your Connected Products and Smart Services business.

Your IoT solution must offer multilayer protection from the edge to the cloud securing the device, network and the cloud. This encompasses the secure provisioning of physical devices, secure connectivity and data transmission between them and the cloud, and secure data protection in the cloud during processing and storage.

Thinxtream possesses extensive expertise in diverse aspects of IoT security for your IoT solutions. We have built a comprehensive database of security best practices, checklists and test cases for design, coding, test, deployment and operation phases.

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IOT SECURITY PRACTICES

Thinxtream follows robust security practices in designing your IoT solutions. These practices are constantly reviewed and upgraded as new security threats emerge.

Provisioning IoT devices and IoT solutions with unique identities and credentials
Using cryptographic credentials and hardware protected stores like TPM and HSM for storing credentials
Implementing strong authentication and policies for access control
Creating trust boundaries and enforce access control on all access from outside those boundaries
Identifying entry points which could lead to forging, spoofing and unauthorized escalation of privileges
Using encrypted channels for communication from IoT device to IoT cloud
Protecting confidentiality and integrity of short and long-range communication channels used for data, administration, and deployments
Building CICD pipeline for streamlining security updates to devices and systems
Using version-controlled, digitally-signed and authenticated connections for deploying updates

Carrying out continuous risk assessment and mitigation, automate security auditing and monitoring mechanisms
Monitoring device, network and backend servers for any unexpected behaviour
Maintaining and exercising an incident response plan for problem containment and recovery
Identifying key risks and mitigation plans for your system by preparing a threat model for the system
Minimizing the attack surface of the system
Removing unused interfaces, services, and devices to reduce the surface area and regularly review the surface of minimization
Avoiding unnecessary data storage, access, and transmission
Stopping collection of unused data and adjust the retention period
Transmitting data only to systems with strict security access controls
Monitoring vulnerability disclosure and threat intelligence sources
Staying tuned to vulnerability disclosures, attacks in public domain and assessing the risk to your system

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IOT SECURITY EXPERTISE

Thinxtream follows secure SDLC principles in all IoT projects. We use tools, both free and licensed, to gauge the security of your IoT solution. Our engineering teams write scripts for various security tools, execute the workflows, generate reports, and analyse the results. Our operations teams configure network and computing infrastructure – Firewalls, HTTP Proxies, Virus protection, OS patches, etc. – for mitigating security issues.

OWASP Top 10 IoT vulnerabilities risks and the mitigation techniques
Best practices from Popular Secure Software Development Lifecycle processes – MS SDL (Microsoft Security Development Lifecycle), OWASP SAMM (Software Assurance Maturity Model), and NIST 800-64
Microsoft Threat Analysis and Modelling Tool to identify and mitigate potential security issues early during software development
Static code analysis tools such as Micro Focus® Fortify on Demand and VCG, for analysing code for standard vulnerabilities, and reporting threats and recommended fixes
Runtime Penetration testing tools such as OWASP's 'ZAP Attack', to identify different attack surfaces from the configuration as well as by crawling and launching attacks by calling hyperlinks and APIs with standard and random inputs
Regular security bulletins are prepared and circulated with engineering to assess the risk of new vulnerabilities and attacks on solutions in development and operations

We leverage popular IoT cloud platforms such as Azure® IoT Hub and AWS® IoT to address these security challenges successfully with end-to-end, multi layered protection.

AWS IOT SECURITY

Amazon Cognito®, a service for authentication and user management for web and mobile apps
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to manage access to AWS services and resources securely
X.509 Certificate-based identity for devices
Secure TLS based communication between device and cloud
Amazon Free-RTOS®, AWS IoT Greengrass® OTA updates
IoT jobs mechanism to securely update the rest of the firmware
AWS IoT Device Defender® for continuously monitoring security compliance with best practices
Amazon CloudWatch® and AWS CloudTrail® logs, a centralized log store for AWS services and your application along with audit records
Amazon GuardDuty® to monitor malicious activity and unauthorized behavior
AWS Config® to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources
AWS security bulletins which notify customers of security and privacy events with AWS services

AZURE IOT HUB SECURITY

Azure® Active Directory (AAD) for user authentication and authorization
Azure IoT Hub identity registry for secure storage device identities and security keys for a solution
In-device X.509 certificate and private key as a means to authenticate the device to the IoT Hub
TLS 1.2 based handshake and encryption of communication between the device and the cloud
Azure Security Center to eliminate threats with easy-to-follow steps ranked by importance and configuration suggestions to help you improve your overall security posture
Azure Sphere to get multiple layers of defense, continuous device monitoring, OTA update and the ability to return compromised devices to a safe state
Azure Sentinel to provide intelligent security analytics for your entire enterprise

IOT SECURITY WHITE PAPER

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Securing data pertaining to Connected Devices and Smart Services is critical to protect your business, customer and device information from cyber-attacks. Read our Security in IoT White Paper to understand how AWS IoT and Azure IoT Hub platforms address secure provisioning of connected devices, secure connectivity between the connected devices and the cloud, and secure data processing and storage in the cloud.

Also read our IoT and Blockchain White Paper to see how Blockchain distributed ledger technology and public platforms such as Ethereum™ can be used to store records of transactions between connected devices in a secure manner, curtail fraud and enable the customer to enter into genuine transactions.

FAQ

What are IoT security solutions?

IoT security solutions protect the device, network, and cloud layers of a connected product — including secure device provisioning, encrypted device-to-cloud communication, and secure data storage — following frameworks like the OWASP IoT Top 10 and Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle.

How do you secure an IoT solution end-to-end?

End-to-end IoT security covers three layers: the device (unique cryptographic identities, secure boot, signed firmware), the network (TLS-encrypted communication between device and cloud), and the cloud (access control, encrypted storage, and continuous monitoring for anomalies via services like AWS IoT Device Defender or Microsoft Defender for Cloud).

What IoT security frameworks does Thinxtream follow?

Thinxtream follows OWASP Top 10 IoT vulnerability guidance, Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (MS SDL), OWASP SAMM (Software Assurance Maturity Model), and NIST SP 800-160 Volume 1 for systems security engineering across the development life cycle.

What security tools does Thinxtream use?

Thinxtream uses OpenText Fortify on Demand (formerly Micro Focus Fortify) and VCG for static code analysis, and OWASP ZAP for runtime penetration testing, alongside Microsoft’s Threat Analysis and Modeling Tool.

How does Thinxtream secure IoT devices at the hardware and credential level?

Devices are provisioned with unique identities and credentials, using cryptographic credentials stored in hardware-protected stores like TPM and HSM, with strong authentication and access-control policies enforced at defined trust boundaries. See the IoT Devices page for how this is implemented in firmware.

How does Thinxtream secure AWS IoT deployments?

Thinxtream uses Amazon Cognito, AWS IAM, X.509 certificate-based device identity, TLS-based device-to-cloud communication, AWS IoT Device Defender for compliance monitoring, and Amazon GuardDuty for threat detection.

How does Thinxtream secure Azure IoT Hub deployments?

Thinxtream uses Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) for authentication, the Azure IoT Hub identity registry, X.509 certificates, TLS 1.2 handshakes, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Sphere, and Microsoft Sentinel for intelligent security analytics.

Does Thinxtream offer IoT security as an ongoing, managed service?

Yes. Beyond initial design, Thinxtream continuously monitors security compliance using tools like AWS IoT Device Defender and Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel, prepares regular security bulletins to assess new vulnerabilities, and configures ongoing network and infrastructure protection — firewalls, HTTP proxies, virus protection, and OS patches.

Does Thinxtream publish an IoT security white paper?

Yes, “Security in IoT” covers how AWS IoT and Azure IoT Hub address secure device provisioning, secure device-to-cloud connectivity, and secure data processing and storage in the cloud.