This document discusses IoT adoption and provides context about the presenter. It begins with credentials and disclaimer from the presenter. Then, it defines IoT and discusses trends supporting IoT adoption such as decreasing hardware costs and increasing computational power and internet availability. It notes that adoption does not guarantee usage. Challenges to IoT adoption are then outlined as long implementation times, scalability issues, and customization difficulties. Finally, it discusses theoretical models of technology acceptance including the theory of reasoned action, technology acceptance model, and technology acceptance model 2.

1. IoT Adoption
Parakum Pathirana
Msc., FBCS, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP,

2. Disclaimer
• I’m employed in the #infosec industry,
however not authorized to speak on behalf of
my employer/ clients
• Everything I say can be blamed on the voices
in your head

3. My credentials
• 11+ years in #Infosec field
• Tutor, consultant/ advisor, auditor, head of
InfoSec
• Sectors: financial, leisure, manufacturing,
advertising, gov, insurance, etc.
• Crazy about #cycling, #infosec, #socialmedia
• Still learning and not an expert at anything
• lk.linkedin.com/pub/parakum-
pathirana/2/a52/2a2/

4. Academic Publications
• Adoption of Social Media for the Banking Sector in Sri
Lanka - Technology and Intimacy: Choice or Coercion
12th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human
Choice and Computers, HCC12 2016 Salford, United
Kingdom, Sep 2016
• Behavioral Intention to use Social Media among the
Banking Sector in Sri Lanka- 34th National Information
Technology Conference, Sri Lanka, Aug 2016
• Social Media Adoption among the Banking Sector in Sri
Lanka - 33rd National IT Conference, Computer Society
of Sri Lanka, Sep 2015

5. Discussion Points
• IoT Definition
• Trends in support of IoT
• The Problem
• Theoretical Models/ Frameworks
• What’s next?

6. IoT - Definition
• An evolving convergent Internet of things and services
that is available anywhere, anytime as part of an all-
pervasive omnipresent socio–economic fabric, made up
of converged services, shared data and an advanced
wireless and fixed infrastructure linking people and
machines to provide advanced services to business and
citizens – Future Internet Report 2011
• The basic idea of the IOT is that virtually every physical
thing in this world can also become a computer that is
connected to the Internet - Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch

7. Trends in Support of IoT
• Cost of H/W
– ENIAC in 1945 – 500K USD
– Avg. computer today – 500 USD
• Smaller in size and less weight is needed to
incorporate computational power into devices
– ENIAC in 1945 – 1800 sqft, 27 tons
– Avg computer today (laptop) – 0.05 sqft, less than
3 pounds

8. Trends in Support of IoT
• Growth in computational power
– Most of the IoT devices need computational power
and speed
• Speech to text conversation, ability to process audio, ability
to communicate
– ENIAC 1945, 5000 IPS
– Avg computer today – 18 billion IPS
• Internet availability
• Available in most parts of the world
• Wireless access (mobile phones, Wi-Fi)
• Access to Internet becoming cheaper
• Bandwidth is increasing

9. • Adoption Vs. Usage

10. The Problem
• Three most common challenges to IoT
Adoption (Jerry, 2016) : Microsoft Research
– Long time to value
– Scalability
– Difficulty customizing IoT projects

11. • (Fishbein & Ajzen, 1975)
• Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989)
• Technology Acceptance Model 2 (Venkatesh &
Davis, 2000)
• Extended Technology Acceptance Model

12. Theory Reasoned Action
(Source: Fishbein and Ajzen, 1975)

13. Theoretical framework
(Source: Davis et al., 1989)

14. Technology Acceptance Model 2
(Source: Venkatesh & Davis , 1989)

15. Forget about IoT

16. Internet of People
• Falling in love with robots?
• Why would someone choose to be in a
relationship with a robot instead of a human?

17. Q & A