WHAT FEATURES SHOULD I LOOK FOR ON SMART SENSORS FOR HEIGHTENED SECURITY? “Look for bank-grade security features when considering adding smart sensors to your home monitoring. Cybersecurity in strongholds like firewalls on your home network, anti-virus software on your computers, and two-factor authentication for smartphones and websites are critical. But you can’t put all your safeguards in those things and leave the temperature sensor in your fish tank vulnerable. Security must be sustained at all communication points between the sensor, cellular or Ethernet gateway, network, network controller, and the cloud. Robust smart sensor data security with encryption technology can help protect your home’s sensor network and data.
I suggest using one sensor management app on a smartphone or PC to limit outside entry points. Sensor systems that include the following layered security platform can protect data during sensing to its review: • Strong encryption functions such as the Diffie- Hellman key exchange algorithm and 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-128). • Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. • An end-to-end authentication layer using unique tokens with 256-bit Secure Hash Algorithm 3 (SHA-3). With these strong data security layers, sensors with their valuable, actionable data and networks are protected.” Nick Mecham | Monnit
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