Sizing Up Wearable Tech

IoT in the Enterprise

Det Ansinn | Frank Schloendorn

Introductions

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Det Ansinn President

BrickSimple LLC

Frank Schloendorn Director of Quality Assurance

Fiberlink, an IBM company

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Agenda

The Internet of Things landscape

Managing and securing wearables

Q&A

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Poll question

Do you currently own a smartwatch? a) Android Wear b) Planning on purchasing an Apple Watch c) Samsung d) Pebble e) Other f) No, not at this time

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Internet of Things (IoT) Det Ansinn, BrickSimple

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What is the Internet of Things?

• Network of many physical devices • Leverage the Internet Infrastructure • Machine-to-Machine

Communications • Human-Machine Interfaces • Wearable technologies • Coherently connected world of

devices and services

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Bluetooth Connected Devices

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Bluetooth System-on-Chip (SoC)

• BluetoothSmart/BLE Technology • Extremely small form factors • Battery life is in terms of months • Powering a whole new generation and categories of devices • Consumer applications have been fitness focused

– Fitness trackers – Wearable Sensors – Smart garments

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Micro-Location and Context

• iBeacons/Bluetooth Smart Proximity Tags – Provide inexpensive location information – Broad platform support

• BluetoothSmart (BLE) is a key enabling technology

• Near Field Communications (NFC) • Contactless EMV

(Apple Pay, Google Wallet, SoftCard)

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Industrial Devices

• Node from Particle • Bluetooth platform with replaceable modules

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Connected Patient/Worker

• InvisAlert™ ObservSmart™ • Wearable IoT technology to

support workflow • Track and Collect Analytics • Risk Management • Made possible through

advancements in Bluetooth SoC technology

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IoT is an Enterprise Play

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Smartwatches

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Smartwatches

• Sony Smartwatch – 500k • Android Wear – 750k

– Motorola – LG – Samsung – Asus

• Pebble – 1 million • Samsung – >4 million

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Samsung is the Current Market Leader

• Samsung has not been marketing to the tech community

• Consumers have identified the Gear as the most desirable smartwatch

• Tizen is the most popular smartwatch OS

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Apple Watch

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Apple Watch

• On the day of launch, Apple will likely sell more devices than every smartwatch combined

• iPod/iPhone moment in the industry • High probability of these devices popping up in the enterprise • Apple pushing the innovation envelope • 38mm/42mm Sizes • Wide diversity of wrist straps and finishes - fashion

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Smartwatch Popular Use Cases

• Application Notifications • Fitness • Music/Remote App Control • Navigation • Developing for the smartwatch form factor is difficult due to

limitations of the user experience • For the most part, all of these smartwatch platforms require a

smartphone companion

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Developing on Smartwatches

• Android Wear (Java) • Pebble (C) • Samsung Tizen (HTML5) • Apple Watch WatchKit (Swift, Objective-C support is buggy) • WatchKit is the most limited and least mature of the platforms

with rigid user experience conventions and no sensor access

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App Design Challenges

• Physical Limitations – No keyboard – No mouse – No touch screen – Limited usable screen real estate

• Performance Limitations – Battery life – CPU performance

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Design Opportunities

• Hands-free operation • Speech for text input • Sensors

– Accelerometer – Gyro – Camera

• Gesture-based input • BluetoothSmart (BLE)

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Good Wearable Design

• Recognizes immediacy • Leverages context of the wearer • Display information relevant to the user • Limits physical user interaction and navigation • Recognizes the unique capabilities and strengths of the devices

– Display – Performance – Battery Life

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Smartwatch Experiences

• Developers and designers are struggling to adapt their skills to new user interface paradigms

• Entry to smartphone and tablet was relatively easy – Web conventions translated well – Pointer to touch was a logical transition

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Managing and Securing Wearables Frank Schloendorn, Fiberlink

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Wearable Device Security

• Built in security very limited • No real MDM type solutions available

– Could apple lead a change here?

• Jailbroken/Rooted devices are at higher risk

• Third party apps that increase out of box functionality

• Open to hacking • Still in Infancy

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Managing Wearables – Today’s Concerns

• No management solutions exist today • Diversity in Operating Systems

– Tizen, Android, Pebble OS, Apple Watch OS, etc.

• Cameras and other sensors cant be managed/monitored

– The ‘Spy’ scenario

• Is a wearable an independent device or an extension of a smartphone?

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Managing Wearables – Best Practices

• Use the tools available today for managing smartphones/tablets

– Manage the connected device, not the wearable

• Be aware of what data can “leak” to a wearable device

– Containerized solutions to protect corporate data – Be wary of notifications

• If necessary, take more extreme measures – Block Bluetooth – Ban Devices?

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Wearables Beware

• Beware of new security options for mobile devices that are linked to wearables

– Bypass lock screen with presence of wearable

– Context sensitive security

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Poll question

Would you like more information? a) Yes, please have BrickSimple reach out b) Yes, please have MaaS360 reach out c) Yes, please have both BrickSimple and MaaS360 reach out d) No, not at this time

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