Internet of Things (IoT) Framework for Enhanced Security: A Case Study of the Equifax Data Breach

NIT5140 Information Security
Internet of things
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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Case study...................................................................................................................................................4
Case study analysis......................................................................................................................................4
Solution.......................................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6
Reference.....................................................................................................................................................7
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Introduction
Internet of things can be termed as a network that consists of multiple physical devices that are
embedded with software and connectivity for data and information exchange. All these things
can be recognized by some computer systems with internet infrastructure. Internet of thing (IOT)
has the ability to sense the objects within an existing infrastructure of networks. In this report,
the IOT framework will be used regarding the data breach case of Equifax where a large number
of user information was leaked as the security system of the company was completely
compromised. In this case of security breach, credit card details of 143 million users were leaked
along with the balance details and passwords. In this data breach, UK and Canada were affected
most. Due to this activity, account information of multiple users was gone public. After that,
many account holders have reported regarding this malicious activity (Yin, et. al., 2015).
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