Apple’s iOS 11 unlocks a future for IoT
‘With its move to open up near field communication (NFC) support for developers in iOS 11, Apple just opened up to the most significant moment in the birth of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Hilton Hotels says the smartphone-based unlocking system it has been using at (now) 1,700 hotels across the U.S. and Canada has been used 11 million times without being breached once, reports the Financial Times. That’s significant because it suggests some of the security problems that impacted first-generation connected IoT devices are being worked out.
The chain’s approach to managing the potential security risk is a good illustration of what needs to be done as enterprises look to harness smartphones as part of our emerging connected reality.
Hilton has spent over half a billion dollars on technology and infrastructure, including hiring “a number” of security and hacker firms to test the security of the system it is putting in place. Read more…