The massive scale of recent DDoS attacks (October 2016) on DYN’s servers that brought down many popular online services in the US, gives us just a glimpse of what is possible when attackers are able to leverage up to 150,000 unsecure IoT devices as malicious endpoints. To address the growing fear and uncertainty out there surrounding the IoT security architecture, our IoT security research practice teamed up with the IoT Security company Ardexa to help companies implementing IoT double-check that their solutions are built secure. Part 1 of this 3-part security-focused blog series presents an introduction into the overall IoT