Hardware security: A vacuum to be filled by Indian startups in the IoT era

A group of researchers at the head office of the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) located in a cosy neighbourhood of Noida are generally busy dissecting various smart devices from an automated table fan to a smartwatch, to name a few. They aim to find out the security vulnerabilities of the chipsets used in these devices.

The arrival of the Internet of things (IoT) has created a scope for new hardware security solutions that could make the ‘smart’ consumer products secure by design. Home automation and smart appliances saw a sharp rise in India during the pandemic. The total