Cloud services and the IoT

In terms of B2B, consumer and industrial IoT deployments, nothing connects devices, device data, individuals, and organizations together more than cloud-based IoT supporting services. Gateways, applications, protocol brokers, and a variety of data analytics and business intelligence components reside in the cloud for convenience, cost, and scalability. In terms of supporting billions of IoT devices, cloud-based services offer the most compelling environment for new or legacy companies to deploy services. In response, CSPs have begun to offer more and more features to support connecting IoT products in a secure way. Developer-friendly IoT cloud-based starter kits are entering the stage to help IoT product and service companies cloud deploy with minimal effort. Organizations that go the route of standardizing on these cloud connectivity solutions should perform due diligence to ensure that they understand the security controls built into each offering.

As an example...