Dojo smart home security gizmo goes on sale in the US

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All traffic on a home network has to be routed via the Dojo for it to be able to see what’s going on across all your various connected devices and thus perform its anomaly detection function. So, while the hero shots of the device may look pretty, you’ll need to plug the white box into your wi-fi router with an Ethernet cable. You’ll also need to be comfortable proving a third party company with data stream visibility of your home network.

[ The IoTForum Freshthinking supports network based security rather then device hardening…See Freshthinking to SAFENET for IoT ]

Once plugged in to the wi-fi, the Dojo generates a view of all the devices connected to the network and continuously monitors activity. It uses machine learning and pattern matching to determine what’s normal and what’s a potential problem — flagging alerts to the user when it spots something suspicious, by displaying red or amber lights on the pebble and/or via in-app alerts.

While the product certainly looks to have been thoughtfully designed, it remains to be seen how well it functions against IoT hacking risk

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