According to industry analysts, in less than five years it is anticipated that over 26 billion Internet of Things objects will be deployed -- over 3.7 times the number of personal computing devices predicted by 2020. Will your network be ready?

1. Is Your Network Ready
for the Internet of Things?
Arthur Brant
Abilene Christian University

2. • Private, Selective, Residential,
Masters-Level University
• Abilene, Texas
• Founded in 1906
• 4,500 Students
• 800 Faculty & Staff
Recognized for “a strong commitment for
teaching”, technology integration, &
student success

3. Internet of Things (IoT)
“the future where
the Internet won’t
be solely dependent
upon humans for
information”
“convergence of several technology advances … sensors
… which lead to smart devices that … capture
information … pervasive connectivity … allowing objects
to talk to each other.” – R. Veeramani, Univ of Wisconsin
“network of connected objects that link the physical
world with the world of information through the web.”
– Horizon Report, 2015
“any connected device or software that can sense &
that you can control & use to exchange data” - Gartner

4. Internet of Things (IoT)
SMART vs CONNECTED

5. Internet of Things (IoT)
WLAN Market
4Q2001
Enterprise
45%
Consumer
55%
WLAN Market
2014
Enterprise
66%
Consumer
33%
Following previous consumerization trends

6. Internet of Things (IoT) in the Enterprise
“The race to own sockets is
really a contest to see who
will control the
infrastructure of IoT
across our built
environments”
- Brian Chemel, Digital Lumens

7. Internet of Things (IoT) & Enterprise Connectivity
of IT professionals
say they understand
the network
requirements for
IoT deployments
– 2014 Infoblox Survey

8. Internet of Hackable Things (IohT)?
“It’s better to have
something not connected
& secured than
connected & unsecure”
Respondents who
are fully confident
that their connected devices
are secure – AT&T Cybersecurity Insights

9. Internet of Things: Lessons from WiFi
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AVG Daily WiFi Clients & Associations by Semester
AVG Daily Unique Clients AVG Daily Associations

10. Internet of Things (IoT) @ ACU
Irrigation Controls
WiFi Connected
HVAC Environmental Controls
Ethernet Connected Gateways

11. Internet of Things (IoT) on Your Network
Governance
Policies & Procedures
Preparations
Plan & Forecast
Management
Assessments & Measures

12. Internet of Things (IoT) on Your Network
Governance
Risk Assessments
Policies
Remediation Avenues
Value Alignment
Procedures/Practices
Responsibilities

13. Internet of Things (IoT) on Your Network
Preparations
Onboarding
Segmentation
Security Controls
Bandwidth
Monitoring

14. Internet of Things (IoT) on Your Network
Management
Inventory
Performance Measures
Assessments
Analytics Integration
Software Updates
Refresh Cycles

15. Internet of Things (IoT) on Your Network
Consider that today, less than 1% of the things that
could be connected, are connected.
A tsunami of data … More data than anybody – even in
an era in which 300 hours of video is posted to
YouTube every minute – has yet seen.
Less about “things” & more about “data”, specifically
how data can improve results

16. Is Your Network Ready
for the Internet of Things?
Arthur Brant
Abilene Christian University
branta@acu.edu
twitter.com/abrant