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Security Mechanisms For Smart Homes

As devices in the home connect to the Internet, they expose our homes to hackers. With Parks Associates predicting more than 50 million connected homes by 2020, it's time for developers to make protecting customer data a top priority. The engineering team at the Thread Group prioritized security in developing the Thread protocol. It identified best practices for ensuring the home is fully secured including.

From the article "Security Mechanisms For Smart Homes" by Bill Curtis, Robert Cragie.

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