Intel announces Secure Device Onboarding so enterprises can easily manage connected devices (INTC)

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Intel will offer a new secure device onboarding (SDO) technology to allow companies to easily install and manage connected devices, the company announced at IoT Solution World Congress. BI Intelligence spoke with Dipti Vachani, VP of the company’s IoT Group, about the announcement.

The microprocessor giant is looking to knock down barriers that make it harder for companies to make use of IoT devices, allowing the overall IoT ecosystem to expand by making it easier for companies to scale their IoT projects.

Here are some of the key features and details on Intel’s new SDO technology.

Microchip manufacturers will be able to write Enhanced Privacy IDs (EPIDs) directly onto silicon for use in IoT devices. EPID provides a secure channel that authenticates devices but still maintains privacy for the operator. Intel developed the EPID standard and has licensed it to other chipmakers as well. This will let devices from many semiconductor manufacturers function in this SDO ecosystem.
Companies will be able to onboard IoT devices much more easily. They won’t need to combine information technology with operations in order to install devices, instead allowing for a device to be installed and then later found and verified on the network by IT to take control of the device. This isn’t a huge hurdle when setting up a few devices around a facility, but can save a huge amount of time and money on larger-scale deployments.

Intel’s not going to derive a huge amount of revenue from this ecosystem for itself, but is rather looking to expand the overall market for connected devices. While Intel will get some revenue from devices that ship using its hardware, that’s not the real goal of this new ecosystem. Rather, the chipmaker wants to make it easier for companies to scale IoT projects so that the entire IoT ecosystem can grow, allowing Intel and its competitors to sell hardware and software and take advantage of a growing pie. Technologies like Intel’s SDO will continue to drive the installation of IoT devices at enterprise sites around the world, which BI Intelligence expects to reach 22.5 billion in 2021.

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