The Internet of Things on AWS – Official Blog
Category: AWS IoT Greengrass
Assessing OT and IIoT cybersecurity risk
This blog is co-authored by Ryan Dsouza, AWS and John Cusimano, Deloitte Introduction Innovative and forward-looking oil and gas, electrical generation and distribution, aviation, maritime, rail, utilities, and manufacturing companies who use Operational Technology (OT) to run their businesses are adopting the cloud in many forms as a result of their digital transformation initiatives. Data […]
How to improve security at the edge with AWS IoT services
Introduction Edge computing, also known as fog computing and mobile computing, is a computing model that brings processing and data closer to the customer. By moving data closer to the customer, organizations need to review, and possibly expand, their security controls to ensure that their data is protected. In this blog I want focus on […]
Edge to Twin: A scalable edge to cloud architecture for digital twins
Are you seeking ways to get an immersive 3D view of your systems and operations to optimize efficiency, increase production, and improve performance? Perhaps you are generating all the data you need from various on-premise systems, but are unsure how to gain access to this information in a living virtual representation. In this blog post, […]
Creating and deploying a custom AWS IoT SiteWise MQTT connector with AWS IoT Greengrass
Efficiency, uptime, and the minimizing of costs are three of the most important pillars of a successful industrial operation. Understanding the operating state of equipment, overall efficiency of a piece of equipment, or a whole production line – as well as how these affect costs and revenue across multiple sites – requires a complete view […]
7 patterns for IoT data ingestion and visualization- How to decide what works best for your use case
Introduction Whether you are just starting with your Internet of Things (IoT) journey, or already have millions of connected IoT devices, you might be looking for ways to maximize the value extracted from your IoT data. IoT devices data can contain a wealth of information within its reported telemetry data, metadata, state, and commands and […]
How to manage IoT device certificate rotation using AWS IoT
Introduction The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming business operations and customer experiences across a variety of industries. This unlimited opportunity enables business transformation, but if not implemented correctly, it also brings security, risk, and privacy concerns, compromising your data and brand. In industrial facilities, OT (Operational Technology) environments are leveraging more IT solutions to improve […]
How to detect anomalies in device metrics and improve your security posture using AWS IoT Device Defender custom metrics
Introduction IoT applications and devices can be diverse and are used across industries such as utilities, agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and consumer electronics. With the exponential growth of IoT devices and the increasing threat landscape, it also means that IoT security needs to be accounted for and designed into the solution from the ground up. AWS […]
5 tips to build AWS IoT Greengrass v2 Components
AWS IoT Greengrass v2, announced on December 2020, is an open source edge runtime service that you can use to build, deploy and manage edge software components and locally act on the data that your intelligent IoT devices capture. For example, you can run data prediction machine learning models, filter and aggregate device data as […]
How to implement zero trust IoT solutions with AWS IoT
Introduction Zero trust is often misunderstood. It’s not a product but a security model and associated set of architectural principles and patterns. One of the main challenges customers face is determining how zero-trust principles can be applied to Internet of Things (IoT) and how to get started with incorporating zero trust with Amazon Web Services […]
AWS IoT Greengrass now supports the Windows operating system
Introduction Microsoft Windows is a common operating system for devices used in industrial automation. Customers using AWS IoT Greengrass have been restricted to Linux based devices until now. Today we are excited to announce native Windows support for AWS IoT Greengrass v2. This will allow customers to leverage AWS IoT Greengrass on their Windows based […]