#S02EP04 IoT Security: Safeguarding Your Smart World! | Aseem Jakhar

The world is getting smarter and the number of IoT devices is growing by the day. Securing such environments presents unique challenges due to the diverse nature of these devices and the complexity of their interactions.

Guest: Aseem Jakhar  Co-Founder & Dir. Research at Payatu
Linkedin: @aseemjakhar
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Aseem Jakhar is a Cybersecurity Entrepreneur and Technologist with two decades of experience in security product development, services, building and scaling teams and communities. He is currently working on solving the IoT Security problem with his latest venture EXPLIoT. He has previously bootstrapped impactful cybersecurity companies to multi-million dollar revenue. He co-founded Payatu, Nullcon, Hardwear.io and null - the open security community.

He is an active speaker and trainer at various security conferences like AusCERT, Black Hat, Defcon, Brucon, Hack.lu, Hack in Paris, Hack In The Box, PHDays, Zerocon and many more. He has authored various open source security software including:

  - EXPLIoT - IoT Exploitation Framework https://expliot.io

  - DIVA Android (Damn Insecure and Vulnerable App for Android)

  - Jugaad/Indroid - Linux Thread injection kit for x86 and ARM

  - Dexfuzzer - Dex file format fuzzer

Recommended reading/viewing,  for practitioners:

• U.S. Cyber Trust Mark: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/18/biden-harris-administration-announces-cybersecurity-labeling-program-for-smart-devices-to-protect-american-consumers/
• IoT Profiler research: https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity23/presentation/nan
• EXPLIoT - IoT Security Testing and Exploitation framework: https://gitlab.com/expliot_framework/expliot 
  • Docs - https://expliot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Singapore Cybersecurity Labeling Scheme - https://www.csa.gov.sg/our-programmes/certification-and-labelling-schemes/cybersecurity-labelling-scheme
• Hands-on IoT Hacking Ebook - https://store.expliot.io/products/hands-on-internet-of-things-hacking

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