Bluetooth Mesh Security Overview

The Criticality of Security One of the most discussed issues related to the Internet of Things (IoT) is security. From agriculture to hospitals, from residential smart homes to commercial smart buildings, and from power stations to traffic management systems, IoT systems and technologies will touch many parts of the world we live in. Security breaches in IoT systems could have catastrophic consequences. Bluetooth® mesh networking was designed with security as its number one priority and from the ground up. In this article, you’ll get an overview of the key security features and the security issues addressed. Further articles in the series will examine aspects of Bluetooth mesh networking security in more detail. Security in Bluetooth Mesh Networking is Mandatory Bluetooth® Low Energy (LE) GATT devices may implement a range of security measures as defined in the Bluetooth core specification. It’s the responsibility of the product designer to decide what security measures are required and it’s permissible to decide to adopt none of the available security features at all. In other words, security in Bluetooth Low Energy GATT is optional. This makes sense if we’re talking about the security of a single device and its connection with one other device, provided the product designer performs their risk assessment correctly. However, security in Bluetooth mesh networking is concerned with the security of more than individual devices or connections between peer devices; it’s concerned with the security of an entire network of devices and of various groupings of devices in the network. Consequently, security in Bluetooth mesh… Read more



Flying to Dubai from Düsseldorf: Travelogging

It is a great evening! Clean home, great food, soo much love from friends. Most of all the messages coming in hot with a lot of good will. So confident about the next 10 days of air travel and spotlight events. It already started out the previous night with my sponsor saying that they are also provide to have me with them. Thanks to Laura and my awesome twins didn’t feel weird about the airport lone time! Thinking about it while sitting alone writing this was nice. Even though it was a shock at the “Kasse ” cash counter on the monumental total sum; Got some gifts for people who struck my mind. Understandable I guess, making a balance between money and people! It’s more like getting a cozy place in their memory. There are contradictory announcements at the airport saying no announcements about the departures and boom the flight number EK 00 58 is departing at 20:45 at gate C45!!! At 20:38 a call from United Arab Emirates (UAE) How cool is it for you when your friends say they love you? Javier who is a Colombian but studies in Germany goes to Dubai a day before. He just called me from UAE to say that he will be waiting for me at the Airport terminal 3 at 07:00 to pick me up. This is how our conversation goes: AKRV:Hello JC: hallo liebe Akrv: how expensive is it to call me? JC: anything for you Akrv: Dankeschön JC: I… Read more