The Cloudcast #302 - How Many IoT Engineers Does it Take to Enable a Lightbulb

Brian talks with Thomas Munn (@symgryph, Principal IoT Security Researcher at Cree Lighting) about the challenges of moving from manufacturing to software, planning for IoT-scale deployments, securing millions of devices, and how Ansible and Azure Cloud help solve scaling challenges.Show Links:Get a free eBook from O'Reilly media or use promo code PC20CLOUD for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos[DISCOUNT] Start Serverless Skills Bundle (4 courses) - (only $49 instead of $79)[FREE] Alexa Development for Absolute BeginnersCree Lighting websiteOpen SCAP FrameworkAnsible TowerCentOS Hardening ToolPrometheus MonitoringAIDE - Advanced Intrusion DetectionShow NotesTopic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk a little bit about your background in technology, as well as this project you’re currently working on.Topic 2 - Cree is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of lighting-class LEDs, lighting products and products for power and radio frequency applications. Today we’re talking about software development. Why is Cree making this evolution?Topic 3 - Let’s talk about how you think about scaling a project like this, to 100s of millions of devices. Does the public cloud come into play?Topic 4 - Let’s talk about the security challenges involved with managing the infrastructure, the data and all the security connections.Topic 5 - What are some of the key lessons you’ve learned over the last year on this project?Feedback?Email: show at thecloudcast dot netTwitter: @thecloudcastnet or @serverlesscast YouTube: Cloudcast ChannelFEEDBACK?Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot comeBluesky: @EntAIShow.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @TheEntAIShowInstagram: @TheEntAIShow