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Growing Threat Landscape Today, even the most basic items in our lives, from coffee mugs to pill containers, can be connected to the internet and cloud environments. This means that much of our daily environment has become a potential attack surface. As cyber threats to connected devices grow more powerful and malicious, almost every aspect of everyday life could be compromised by hackers and malware. Securing embedded applications to protect data and intended functionality is now a primary consideration for developers, as any communication via the internet must be secured. Importantly, embedded security cannot be an afterthought. It must be planned for and designed in from the beginning. It might be possible to add it later, but this after-the-fact approach significantly increases the expense of embedded security. Or, depending on the security vulnerability, it might not be possible to adequately address the security flaw at all once the device has been released. What's needed is a security strategy that offers multiple layers of defense to implement in-depth, comprehensive protections for internet communication that takes advantage of the latest security advances in both hardware- and software-based security. Secure Internet Communication for IoT Applications By Brad Rex, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, IoT Infrastructure Business Unit, Renesas Electronics Corp. Comprehensively securing connected devices is more important today than ever, yet there is no one-size- fits-all approach to internet security. Each embedded solution has different requirements, and no security protection can safeguard against all the vulnerabilities that exist. Embedded developers need to strike a balance among competing approaches and priorities, including development costs and time commitments. This white paper examines various approaches to securing internet communication and the challenge of implementing these security methodologies correctly. | 18 |