Security: Threats & Defense
IoT security threats and defense: security foundations, threat modeling, network and device/hardware security, and secure development.
Your guide: Shield Shelly
“Security is not a wall, it’s a list of who can do what — and the proof that the list is enforced.”
About This Module
This is Part 7.1 of the IoT Class curriculum. It contains 23 chapters organised into 5 parts. Use this page as a route map, or use the sidebar and search to move between chapters.
For an orientation path from first security question to defensible claim, start with the Threats Route Map.
Chapters by Part
Security Foundations
Threat Modeling
Network Security & Defense
Device & Hardware Security
Secure Development
Relocated & Merged Topics
Earlier editions of this module split some topics across separate pages. Their content is now consolidated into the chapters above; these links redirect to the chapter that absorbed each topic, so existing bookmarks keep working.
- Security Overview Foundations
- Cybersecurity Methods
- Security Monitoring and Intrusion Detection
- IoT Devices and Network Security
- IoT Security Visual Resources
- Firmware Security and Secure Updates
- IoT Attacks and Vulnerability Review
- STRIDE Threat Review Model
- Threat Assessments
- Threat Detection Lab
- IoT Threat Review Exercises
- Interactive Threat Review Tools
- IoT Security Case Study Reviews
- IoT Security Practice Labs
- Security Overview Practice
- Security Overview Exam Preparation
How to Use This Material
- Start with the why: each chapter explains the problem it solves before implementation detail.
- Follow the parts in order when the topic is new, or jump straight to the part that matches your current question.
- Use the interactions and labs as the primary learning tools, not just the prose.
Use the sidebar navigation or search to explore topics in this module.