This week’s topics
The Internet of Things and smart devices
- Smart homes and wearables
- Benefits and risks
What you will be able to do
- 3.1 Identify current emerging technologies (e.g., AI, IoT, Cloud).
Activity
Design a smart device for a school and list its risks.
Study materials
Further resources
- Workplace Software and Skills, 1.1: Wearables and Smart Spaces · PDF · OpenStax Workplace Software and Skills (2023), 1.1 on smartwatches, smart homes and smart offices, pp. 24–25 · for registered students
- Workplace Software and Skills, 1.3: Internet of Things · PDF · OpenStax Workplace Software and Skills (2023), 1.3 on the Internet of Things, p. 45 · for registered students
- Foundations of Information Systems, 6.2: IoT vulnerabilities · PDF · OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems (2025), 6.2: the risks of IoT devices, pp. 218–226 · for registered students
- NIST IR 8228, section 2: IoT Device Capabilities · PDF · NIST IR 8228 (2019), section 2 on what smart devices sense and share (a step up), pp. 3–4 · for registered students
- Internet of Things (IoT): a vision, architectural elements, and future directions · Open-access article · Gubbi et al. (2013), Future Generation Computer Systems. Overview of the Internet of Things, smart homes and wearables. · for registered students
- Understanding the Mirai botnet · Open-access article · Antonakakis et al. (2017), USENIX Security Symposium. How insecure smart devices were hijacked into a botnet. · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
