{"id":13251,"date":"2019-06-26T16:39:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/?p=13251"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:52:24","slug":"blog-from-truphone-securing-the-mobile-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/esim\/blog-from-truphone-securing-the-mobile-iot\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog from Truphone: Securing the Mobile IoT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Michael\nMoorfield, Director of Product, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/truphone.com\/\"><em>Truphone<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IoT is well and truly alive. But a few key factors are holding it back. Security is a primary concern. Another, is its reliance on Wi-Fi. As the hype around 5G turns subsides into caution, these two issues are increasingly intertwined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br> 5G or mobile connectivity in general is seen as both the tonic and the poison for IoT. As for the former, it frees the connected world from Wi-Fi\u2014crucial for bringing the dreams of a connected world beyond the front gate and setting the stage for more widespread, more useful applications of the IoT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\nThe latter is equally understandable: solutions built on Wi-Fi provide a\ncertain comfort level over their coverage and security, which is often\nmisplaced. Wresting our devices away from our own routers and surrendering them\nto mass-scale, third party mobile network infrastructure may feel like we are\nrelinquishing control. The reality is that the deployment of secure network\ninfrastructure for use on a mass scale is of grave importance to every\nindividual, business and government and therefore requires specialist skills\nand is ever more subject to intense scrutiny over its security. This same\nrigour and expertise is rarely applied to your router at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\nEven so, the IoT is built on a bedrock of data and, if that data is\ncompromised, not only are customers put at risk, the reputation of the company\nholding it is damaged beyond repair. Consumers and businesses alike will\nhesitate to cede any level of control \u2013 however illusionary \u2013 over their IoT\nestate to mobile networks, unless they can be sure that the devices themselves\ncan withstand potential attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\nSynopsys and Truphone recognised this in 2018 and, in collaboration, reached\nthe conclusion that for stronger security and more seamless mobile connectivity\nto be contradictory aims no longer, they must both be built into the very\ndesign of the device\u2014right from the silicon up.<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The partners have released a report detailing this breakthrough, which describes in detail the solutions required to end the impasse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download the report <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Rjafjk\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Moorfield, Director of Product, Truphone The IoT is well and truly alive. 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