At the end of last month, bolegaard issued a press release explaining why we need to consider the safety of smart home devices.
"According to a recent Gartner report, the number of connected IOT devices is expected to reach 8.4 billion by the end of 2017 - an increase of 31% over 2016 - and 20.4 billion by 2020."
The company said the Internet of things market is growing at an exponential rate, with which the risk of cyber attacks increases
Interestingly, an article in destination crm.com quoted Robert gimeno feu, managing director of Accenture analytics. With the "minimization of technology" and the reduction in the cost of computing power, "if you develop use cases for it, almost nothing can't be connected," he said. The possibilities, he said, "are simply endless."
With so many devices connected to the Internet, bullguard launched Dojo, which aims to protect smart home IOT devices from the influence of network sieves.
One can think of a connected home as an achievement of efficiency, or on the other hand, if these devices are not affected by vulnerabilities, they will become a fool's paradise for pranksters. When smart devices look silly, if they are easy to compromise and unable to resist attacks? There is reason to worry.
"At the same time, in the Internet of things business, fragmentation is natural," Monty Munford wrote in Forbes in January. With so many different frameworks, this lack of interoperability not only threatens the industry, but also poses an obvious threat to the security of smart home. "
"In a recent survey of U.S. consumers using Internet of things devices conducted by bullguard in 2000, nearly 70% of consumers said they were worried about privacy violations, and 23% said they lacked the technical ability to protect smart home devices," bullguard said
Bullguard, a team of security experts and hackers, is promoting Dojo as a "consumer network security solution" to protect smart home IOT devices and consumer privacy from cyber threats. Users can think of it as the protection of connected devices in the home, because it is the activity monitor of these devices and can inform users of threats.
"There are billions of connected Internet of things devices on the market today - including intelligent alarms, thermostats, baby monitors, intelligent appliances, lighting, locks and so on. Dojo was built by bullguard to protect all of them, "bullguard said.
This is in the U.S. $199. The price includes services for the first 12 months. The website contains further product details. The device has a sleek design. A Wi Fi router's interface plugs into a Wi Fi router, wired said, just like connecting devices between firewalls and potential threats.
How it protects: pebbles illuminate the aura when signs of malicious activity are found on users' Wi Fi networks. It has three indicator levels: green, yellow and red.
"The yellow ring indicates that the risk has been identified and automatically mitigated, while the red ring indicates that action must be taken in the dojo smartphone app," the company said.
The app, which informs you of any potential network threats, is for IOS and Android. The app uses a chat like interface, wired said, to communicate alerts and has a function to remotely control or disconnect devices.
"If the system detects a threat, it can automatically disconnect the affected devices to prevent malware from occupying data or invading other devices," wired said
Paul Lipman, Dojo's chief executive, said Dojo had "unparalleled deep and multi-level protection." The software is described as "enterprise class".
An interesting feature of dojo is intelligence; It's learning along the way. It understands the owner's device and finds patterns throughout the behavior. With this intelligence, it sets a perimeter for home protection and user control.
