Connect: Run-time provisioning of IoT devices with AWS Webinar

Get started with AWS IoT provisioning
https://github.com/aws-samples/iot-provisioning-secretfree

For both commercial and security reasons, IoT device vendors cannot allow
arbitrary endpoint devices to connect to their IoT services. This requires
the IoT service to authenticate any endpoint attempting to join their network
through use of security credentials, such as certificates. This in turn
requires the IoT endpoint to have an appropriate certificate installed on it,
which can be done during manufacturing through many different approaches.
Here are a few to spike out:

* Option 1: The IoT device vendor can purchase dedicated Trusted Platform
Modules (TPMs) that already contain certificates, although this adds cost
to the BoM.
* Option 2: The IoT device vendor can also use a secure manufacturing
location with dedicated equipment such as a Hardware Security Module (HSM)
to manage the keys and certificate generation. However, such an approach
may be incompatible with using a low-cost contract manufacturer.
* Option 3: The IoT device vendor can provision the certificates at
run-time, enabling the manufacturing process to be non-secure and lower
cost.
* During our time today, we will examine a run-time provisioning
implementation based on SimpleLink Wi-Fi microcontrollers and AWS cloud
services. This utilizes the unique identity and public/private key pair
available on a SimpleLink Wi-Fi device to generate a Certificate Signing
Request (CSR) to a provisioning service hosted on AWS. The CSR request can
be made at any time, such as during system test at the IoT device
vendor’s facility or during installation by the end-user.

By watching our webinar, you will learn:

* How to eliminate the cost of injecting client certificates during
manufacturing by creating a run-time provisioning service
* An understanding of the different cloud-side and embedded components
required to create a run-time provisioning service
* The specific AWS services and TI embedded SDK libraries used to implement
a run-time provisioning service

Learn more about TI SimpleLink Wi-Fi®
http://www.ti.com/wireless-connectivity/simplelink-solutions/wi-fi/overview/overview.html

SimpleLink SDK plugin for Amazon Web Services
http://www.ti.com/tool/SIMPLELINK-SDK-PLUGIN-FOR-AWSIOT

SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi®, dual-band wireless MCU solution
http://www.ti.com/product/CC3235SF

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Connect: Run-time provisioning of IoT devices with AWS Webinar

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