The Internet of Secure Things

Blockchain is an important part of keeping the Internet of Things secure. It is a complex technology to teach. My friend Prof. Banafa who understands IoT has written a book about Secure and Smart Internet of Things (IoT) using Blockchain and artificial intelligence. Now he is getting ready to teach a new Blockchain fundamentals' course at Stanford Continuing Studies this Fall. Registration is open. Classes run on Monday evenings for 6 weeks from Jan 28 to Mar 11th. (open to all)

Blockchain is a critical technology everyone interested in IoT space should learn because Blockchain gives transparency, traceability and security to the IoT value chain.

Smart and Secure Internet of Things Book

Below is the foreword I wrote for Prof.Ahmed Banafa's new book "Secure and Smart Internet of Things."

The Internet of Things (IoT) connects everything on our bodies, in our homes, cities, and factories to the Internet to create a new reality of a connected world. Imagine a person driving an autonomous vehicle driving though connected traffic lights wearing a connected pacemaker. Every connected thing comes with security risk with the potential for hackers to target the person. Even security updates of AI inference models on these devices can be hacked when the device makers send an OTA or Over the Air update.

Blockchain gives you a distributed ledger in the cloud that is secure from tampering because it is cryptographically secured with transparent access to everyone equally.

Blockchain is used with the Internet of Thing (IoT) systems to track every access point of the device thereby ensuring security.

Blockchain offers additional transparency to a supply chain or logistics process by offering new insights to where the products originated and how it traveled to the endpoint. Imagine knowing which farm produced the coffee you are drinking and every step it traveled to reach your Barista. You might not worry tracking your coffee bean, but it will be useful to trace your natural medicine from source till it reaches you. Blockchain also helps secure complex systems such as mines, hospitals and critical infrastructures such as water and energy systems.

I have watched Prof. Banafa’s passion for IoT over the past years as he researched IoT markets with special focus on Industrial IoT with his articles, talks, and teaching. Read this book to understand IoT solutions, as Prof. Banafa demystifies the grey areas of Edge, Fog and Cloud and drills down to provide clarity on the integration of new technologies such as Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence on how they fit to make IoT secure. Treasure this book as you will be re-reading and coming back to it several times as you build the connected world of the Internet of Things.

- Sudha Jamthe, CEO, Author IoTDisruptions & Stanford Continuing Studies IoT and AV Business Instructor

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