Hardcoded Credentials and Insecure Data Transfer in IoT: National and International Status

Internet of Things (IoT) or Internet of Objects (IoO) is one of the emerging areas of accessing any device or object over the internet anytime, anywhere. The limited power, memory, and processing capabilities of these tiny devices result in many of the challenging issues such as connectivity, performance and scaling, mobility, interoperability/standards, security, and privacy. The essential requirement in the successful deployment of IoT is either a new way of addressing the issue or the lightweight solution of the existing approaches. This paper majorly focuses on the security aspects of IoT. Specifically, hardcoded or weak guessable credentials and insecure data transfer related security issues in IoT. Further, the national and international status of these two security issues followed by the mitigation approaches. Finally, the importance of the paper in the context of the current status of the Indian IoT market.