Cyber-assurance for the internet of things

Abstract

As IoT technologies and capabilities become more prevalent, and eventually ubiq uitous, many aspects of the physical world will become more visible from cyberspace. In some cases, processes in cyberspace will influence or control physical objects and environments. Points of contact between the physical world and the virtual will pro liferate. There have been many estimates of how many connected “things” will be dispersed through our physical environment during the growth of IoT, from 10 to 50, to even 200 billion. As a result of the greatly increased integration between physical and virtual worlds, our dependence upon the Internet and associated technologies will increase.