Cisco IoT Overview: Part 3, IoT Essentials

PETER WELCHER?| Solutions Architect?

This blog post is part of a series discussing Cisco IoT, with this post focusing on Cisco IoT security and use cases.??

Prior blogs tersely mentioned some of the many Use Cases, but this blog will examine a few more closely to get a feeling for what’s different from non-IOT/industrial networking.??

Why IOT? First, it is an expanding area of networking, with increasing use cases. Secondly, it is impacting current organizations, especially healthcare and retailing, but touching anything where new forms of sensor may provide valuable security or cost saving benefits, or enable new capabilities (better inventory, better products, etc.).??

Blog Series

Part 1: Background and Overview of Cisco IOT?

• Introduction?
• Perspective: What Skills Are Needed? Who Are the IOT Customers???
• Industrial Edge Computing?
• Link: Cisco IoT Overview: Part 1, Background?

Part 2: Cisco IOT Hardware?

• Industrial Routers?
• Industrial Switches?
• Industrial Wireless?
• Link: Cisco IoT Overview: Part 2, IoT Hardware?

Part 3: Other IOT Essentials (THIS BLOG)?

• Industrial Security?
• Industry Use Cases?

Part 4: Finishing IOT Touches?

• Meraki IOT?
• IOT Skillsets?
• More IOT Links?

Part 5: The IOT Competition?

• Juniper?
• Aruba?
• Arista?

Industrial Security?

Industrial and IOT Security must be good. You cannot assume devices are in locked closets or enclosures. Heavy machinery getting hacked and out of control is everyone’s nightmare, and good for scary scenes in movies!?

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