Internet Security for IoT? Anyone using Bitdefender or something similar?

[ericpatdu (Eric)]

I was wondering if anyone is using some sort of security for SmartThings. I have the Bitdefender Box and honestly don’t like it that much. Since using it, my connection constantly drops and seems to become slower.

Anyway, I am looking for suggestions on how you secure your IoT and would want to hear about it.

[marktheknife (Mark)]

Never use a default username/password that comes with a device. Change it to a real password.

[JDRoberts]

In the first phase of our home automation we did the simplest thing: we put IOT on its own network, no overlap with our other systems. That didn’t fully protect the IOT devices, obviously, but it did prevent an IOT breach from getting to our other data.

[ericpatdu (Eric)]

@JDRoberts, i kinda like your idea of having two separate networks. if i can pull that off (i have an old router lying around), i can connect the Bitdefender Box on the IoT network and just install the internet security systems on the computers/devices on the other network.

… now, i need to research on how to setup two networks…

[JDRoberts]

You might also find the following thread interesting:

Network Security: A guide to securing your IoT home

Hello everyone! I wanted to put together a post that I think will help educate people on how to secure their home network in the IoT world. Some of you may ask why I think this post may be necessary. Here’s the deal, most of the big IoT companies take security very seriously, and SmartThings recently came out on top as far as security goes with smart home devices (Congrats STs!!) Your network security is only secure as the weakest point of entry. So although SmartThings, and others, take the security of their product seriously, if you do not take the security of your own network as seriously your network can be vulnerable. Keeping your network secure from 99% of the world is relatively easy with a few simple steps. I will go over some of the things you can do to secure your home netw…

[marktheknife (Mark)]

@ericpatdu

@JDRoberts, i kinda like your idea of having two separate networks. if i can pull that off (i have an old router lying around), i can connect the Bitdefender Box on the IoT network and just install the internet security systems on the computers/devices on the other network.

… now, i need to research on how to setup two networks…

Or two vlans instead of two physically different networks, right?