Keystrokes away from shutting down important systems

More and more machines and systems are being connected online, in some cases without passwords – making them accessible to people with the wrong intentions. A few years ago, I wrote an article about how Swedish Radio had noticed that connected systems could be reached relatively easily. The investigation revealed a number of shortcomings in …

4g for iot

Why do we need 5G for IoT

People sometimes ask me why we need 5G for IoT systems when it comes to IoT. After all, many people I talk to believe that IoT and low data speed are equal and that we, therefore, could use the LTE networks for IoT. I think there are a couple of misunderstandings in that kind of …

Fastighetsägare försenar

5G försenas ytterligare?

En dom fattades nyligen av högsta domstolen. Enligt domen får en operatör som idag använder sex fastigheter i Luleå för att montera upp sin basstationer ersätta sitt nuvarande hyresavtal med så kallad ledningsrätt. Detta innebär ett avbräck för fastighetsägaren, eftersom den med ledningsrätt har rätt att få ett avsevärt fördelaktigare upplägg på obegränsad tid. Detta …

The 90s impact on iot

The 90s impact on IoT

Do you remember the 90s? There are some very important milestones to remember from the 90s. Google was founded. The internet took off. The cellular networks were introduced. And perhaps most important, the term the internet of things was introduced.

Cyberattacks on IoT are increasing

In a world where more and more processes are connected, the risk of cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure increases. Sweden is a country with a lot of nature and relatively accessible public networks. With the ease of connecting almost everything today, the risk is that security takes a back seat, and we open the back door …

The IoT-ingredients

IoT -a recipe with three ingredients

To me, IoT is one of the greatest recipes. It consists of basically three ingredients. We want to monitor things, connect with things or position things. #1 The sensors First, the sensors, sensors that make it possible to monitor things. We want to monitor things like the indoor air quality in this room, the temperature, …

iot-ecosystems

IoT ECOSYSTEM

If you have been around this industry for some years, you may have heard the term M2M. Some people say that M2M and IoT are the same things. I’m afraid I have to disagree. The big difference between M2M and IoT is more than the words. M2M is about proprietary systems talking to each other …

IoT-devices by 2030

This is most likely the shortest blog post for years. The question arises from time to time -How many IoT devices will there be around 2030 in the networks? Many people before me have tried to answer that question. But I am not going to try the same. I cannot give you that figure. The …