Consortium sets paradigms for IoT security

Delivering services across the IoT became the focal point of the OpenFog Reference Architecture, a baseline to developing an open architecture fog computing environment. The OpenFog Consortium, a group of more than 50 organisations, has discussed IoT architecture encompassing a broad spectrum.

The year-old group defines “fog” broadly to cover everything from IoT end nodes to cloud services. It aims to define ways to minimise backhaul while providing reliable communications and deterministic latencies. Ultimately its recommendations will touch everything from the design of end node SoCs to gateways and applications.

The OpenFog Consortium does not expect all IoT nodes will be compliant with its requirements. But it does aim to enable every IoT deployment with its vision of interoperable services that span eight technical areas and many vertical markets. Along the way it will create test beds and certify products for compliance with its requirements.

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