IoT, Cybersecurity, and Blockchain With Mirko Ross

Mirko is Co-Founder and CEO of digital worx, a mobile Software Development Company.

In 1998 he founded his first company in the technology sector. Since 2017 he is technical lead Advisor at Blackpin Secure Communication, Lead Architect at building the Agriculture IoT Platform Large Scale Demonstrator of KATANA project under HORIZON 2020 and Member of the advisory board of DigitCode a company focussing the improvement of reliable communication in the Internet of Things.

Since 2012 he teaches Web Engineering and mobile Software Development at Heilbronn University. Mirko is involved in public and private research activities for open standards and disruptive business models in the Internet of Things. He is a member of the Internet Of Things Council, a worldwide IoT think tank.

As part of the European Commission’s Future Internet program, he supports and builds startups in the fields of eHealth and industrial IoT. In this function, Mirko is coaching SME and Startups in the European SME Instrument and FI-Business Program.

Since 2017 Mirko is a member of the IoT Security Expert Group of the European Agency of Network and Information Security ENISA. And Mirko is project coordinator of the digital health research project MITASSIST. He is a Member of the IOTA Evangelist Network (IEN) to promote Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies. Together with international Partners he working on secure indexing and search on the Internet of Thing at the HORIZON2020 Project IoTCrawler. With asvin.io he co-founded a new venture to provide secure open source based update and patch delivery for the Internet of Things.

Mirko is a well-practiced international speaker and coach on the field of Open Innovation, Internet of Things, IoT Security, and disruptive business modeling.

Contact Mirko:
Web: https://www.digital-worx.de/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/digital.worx.de
Twitter: @mirko_ross

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SHOW NOTES:

[02:10] I've seen statistics, where researchers estimate that there will be 50 billion connected devices by 2020. We've all heard about recent hacks, such as connected printers mining bitcoins, or gas pumps dispensing unlimited gasoline. As connected devices become more prevalent and numerous in our homes and businesses, how can we ensure that they stay up to date, in terms of security?

[17:52] Blockchain has been touted as the digital Fort Knox, impervious to hacks, and virtually unalterable. But is that really true?

[20:50] Over The Air patching of IoT devices may be an attack in
disguise!

[23:27] Many companies are just now understanding the impact that “doing IoT” will have on their businesses (it’s called “business transformation” for a reason!). For companies who feel like they’re a "little behind" in getting started, what is your advice to help them to get the most out of their IoT investments?