Practical Internet of Things Security - Second Edition

Third-party solutions

Vendors such as Device Authority, Digicert, and GlobalSign have introduced solutions that can be useful for managing keys and certificates on IoT devices integrated with the cloud. Device Authority's KeyScaler platform provides a ready-made AWS IoT PKI connector that introduces a life cycle management layer to the certificate process. ZScaler supports automation of the certificate-provisioning and revocation processes.

Digicert and GlobalSign both provide PKI solution offerings aimed at the IoT market. For each of these cases, it is possible to use certificates provisioned from these vendors to secure devices connected to major CSPs. This assumes that the root certificates of the PKIs are uploaded to the CSP, and allows ...