News from February 2018

As the use of smart systems in the home has become more widespread, their security weaknesses have been exposed.The main reason for this is that much of the earlier work on smart systems for the home was devoted to the technicalities of the protocols, especially ZigBee and Z-Wave, and to the design of different types of device.  Limited consideration was given to security, reliability, availability, or even to ease of installation and fault diagnosis, in these earlier systems.  

Most of the smart home “systems” on the UK market today are starter kits. These attract people with an interest in using the new technology, and they enable these people to “dabble”, but they fall well short of providing a complete solutions for customers.