Is OSS the key to a secure and privacy-friendly Internet of Things? Dr Humberto Moran United Kingdom

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1 Is OSS the key to a secure and privacy-friendly Internet of Things? Dr Humberto Moran United Kingdom

2 The Internet of Things Objects interacting with each other through tiny ubiquitous computers The little-big brother of the Internet of Things is RFID electronic tags Small devices High impact

3 The Virtues of the IoT/RFID Scores of Industrial Applications Manufacturing and distribution Improved traceability (product recalls) Streamlining of operations Reduction of theft and counterfeiting Detection of misplaced products Retailers Improved on-shelf availability Automatic check-outs Interactive marketing Improved replenishment

4 The Virtues of RFID open vs closed supply chain Manufacturers Distributors Retailers Manufacturers Distributors Retailers

5 The Perils of the IoT Privacy and security Commercial environment nuisance and discrimination Shopping habits Interactive marketing Previous buys Public places and domestic environment Living habits Income and wealth Health Sexual behaviour Religious inclinations Political views/activities

6 How can OSS support the Internet of Things? Adoption Affordability, availability, flexibility Standardisation Open code makes it easier to create or extend interfaces Innovation Many minds and eyes involved (knowledge combination) Knowledge builds over knowledge End-user involvement, quick test and feedback Transparency Certification programmes for Privacy and Security

7 Why OSS for The Internet of Things? The Internet of Things Flexibility Standardisation commoditisation Innovation Quick trial and feedback Easy adoption Extension to new stakehoders /applications Transparency The Open Source Movement

8 The power of OSS When network externalities, transparency and collaborative innovation requirements are significant, an OSS approach can prove very useful The case of The Internet of Things?... However, OSS is difficult to profit from...

9 (+) Exposure to Freeriding Innovation The Openness paradox Exposure to collaboration Indirect benefits (-) Openness (+) Proprietary software easy to capture benefits How to capture benefits? OSS Affordability Interoperability Flexibility Transparency

10 OSS Indirect benefits for contributors Complementary products or services Consulting Hardware Proprietary SW Image Strategic advantages e.g. undermining competition Philanthropic, fun or reputation

11 Should everything be OSS? No: OSS is mostly ideal for the RFID core infrastructure, where interfaces are rife (need to combine knowledge) This will foster the Internet of Things and create complementary business opportunities BI SW Products Enterprise applications Computers Personal applications Software RFID core infrastructure public OSS Implementation & support Certification & numbering Implementation & support Services Tags & readers Hardware Certification

12 Brief history of ASPIRE OSS RFID Middleware idea was proposed by Open Source Innovation in Brussels in the 2006 RFID Public Consultation Objectives: Bring SMEs to the RFID process Standardisation tool Promote innovation Create certifiable privacy-friendly RFID middleware A consortium of renowned organisations led by Athens Information Technologies put together an FP7 proposal The proposal materialised in the 6M project ASPIRE which started in January 2008

13 ASPIRE Consortium Aalborg University CtiF, Denmark INRIA (ObjectWeb, POPS), France UniversitéJoseph Fourrier Grenoble University LIG Laboratory, France Research and Education Laboratory in Information Technologies Athens Information Technology, Greece Melexis technologies SA MELE, Switzerland Open Source Innovation Ltd OSI UK UEAPME, Belgium Sensap S.A, Greece Pole Traceability Valence, France Instituto Telecomunicações IT, Portugal Timeframe: 01/01/ /12/2010

14 Fundamentals of ASPIRE s privacy-friendly approach Privacy-friendly algorithms Privacy-friendly tags * * * Privacy-friendly Auditing and certification programmes Consumer awareness

15 ASPIRE Overview and Goals Significantly lower the SME entry cost barrier and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for RFID technology solutions: Free Middleware running on Low-cost hardware Lower effort for managing the infrastructure and developing applications Enable RFID scenarios (based on ASPIRE middleware and added value sensors) that improve business results ASPIRE Develops and will deliver a lightweight, royalty-free, programmable, privacy - friendly, standards-compliant, scalable, integrated and intelligent middleware platform Validate the above developments in RFID trials

16 Other characteristics of ASPIRE Programmability Flexibility to adapt to all possible business processes Compatibility / interoperability With ISO, EPCglobal and other RFID standards Development of new standards if necessary Low-cost sensors and readers Adapted to European needs and requirements

17 ASPIRE Ongoing activities Early engagement of the OS Community to collaborate with the project Early engagement of SMEs to provide end-user requirements and participate in ASPIRE Study of existing RFID OSS for reuse purposes Study of current standards for compliance Design and development of ASPIRE s architecture Programming of ASPIRE s necessary modules Setup of collaborative tools