Information security is becoming a major concern for most worldwide telecommunication companies and more so as we move towards the future Internet of Things. In this era, a plethora of digital devices, people and other physical objects have the potential to seamlessly connect and interact on the future Internet of Things. This paper takes a leap forward to proactively discuss the type of threats that we are likely to face in the future Internet of Things. We discuss scenarios of how a botnet of stoves can bring down a power grid, future life threatening health systems and how a distributed denial of service can be used to beat competition and increase revenues of Telcos.
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Dlamini, MT, Eloff, MM and Eloff, JHP. 2009. Internet of things: emerging and future scenarios from an information security perspective. Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC 2009), Swaziland, 30 August-2 September 2009, pp 6
Dlamini, M., Eloff, M., & Eloff, J. (2009). Internet of things: emerging and future scenarios from an information security perspective. Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4411
Dlamini, MT, MM Eloff, and JHP Eloff. "Internet of things: emerging and future scenarios from an information security perspective." (2009): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4411
Dlamini M, Eloff M, Eloff J, Internet of things: emerging and future scenarios from an information security perspective; Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference; 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4411 .