Case study: an IoT security FDP for 50 faculty at CUSAT

The faculty development programme (FDP), held at the Department of Computer Applications, CUSAT, and sponsored by the AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy, was a three-day programme on the Internet of Things. Around 50 faculty members took part, from engineering and computer science colleges all over India.

IoT is everywhere now, from smart homes to factory floors, but security is often an afterthought. Edwhere was invited to deliver the security sessions of the programme, so that faculty could take a practical understanding of IoT security back to their own classrooms.

• The main vulnerabilities in IoT systems, and how attackers exploit them, with live demonstrations of real exploits.
• Hardware-related security: risks that live in the device itself, not just the network.
• The OWASP IoT Top 10, the industry's list of the most critical IoT security threats.
• MITRE ATT&CK, including the matrix for industrial control systems, and how to use it to understand attacker behaviour.
• JPCERT IoT security checklists and guidance from the NIST SP 800 series.
• Cybersecurity standards that apply when designing and deploying IoT systems.

Feedback from the participants was very good. What they valued most was that complex topics were explained in very simple language, so faculty from many different backgrounds came away with a real understanding of IoT security, not just a list of terms. That's how we teach in every programme, whether for students or for teachers.

Read the original report from the session at CUSAT, and see our IoT security FDP at SJCET Palai.

We run faculty development programmes, workshops and student sessions on cybersecurity and IoT security for colleges across Kerala and India. Programmes can be built around your syllabus and the time you have, from a single session to several days. See our workshops for colleges.