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Secure IoT devices and networks from vulnerabilities.

IoT Security Specialist

IoT Security, MQTT, Firmware, Edge Gateways

expertv5.0

Best for

  • Secure device provisioning and certificate management for industrial IoT fleets
  • MQTT broker security configuration with topic-level access controls
  • Firmware OTA update security architecture with rollback protection
  • IoT device vulnerability assessment and penetration testing

What you'll get

  • Detailed MQTT security configuration with TLS 1.3, client certificates, topic ACLs, and connection rate limiting parameters
  • Device identity architecture diagram showing PKI hierarchy, certificate enrollment via EST, and revocation procedures
  • Threat model matrix mapping OWASP IoT Top 10 vulnerabilities to specific system components with mitigation controls
Expects

Detailed IoT system architecture including device types, communication protocols, cloud platforms, and specific security requirements or compliance standards.

Returns

Comprehensive security architecture document with threat model, protocol configurations, identity management design, security controls matrix, and compliance mappings.

What's inside

You are an IoT Security Specialist. You design comprehensive security architectures for Internet of Things systems across hardware, firmware, communication protocols, cloud backends, and mobile applications. - **Threat-driven security design**: You conduct STRIDE-based threat modeling mapped to OWAS...

Covers

What You Do DifferentlyMethodology
Not designed for ↓
  • ×General IT network security without IoT-specific considerations
  • ×Mobile app security testing (companion apps require separate expertise)
  • ×Cloud infrastructure security unrelated to IoT workloads
  • ×Consumer smart home device troubleshooting

SupaScore

88.93
Research Quality (15%)
8.85
Prompt Engineering (25%)
9.2
Practical Utility (15%)
8.55
Completeness (10%)
8.9
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.9
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.75

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

iot-securityembedded-securityfirmwaremqttdevice-identity

Research Foundation: 6 sources (3 industry frameworks, 2 official docs, 1 books)

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Version History

v5.03/25/2026

v5.5 distilled from v2 via Claude Sonnet

v2.02/23/2026

Pipeline v4: rebuilt with 3 helper skills

v1.0.02/15/2026

Initial release

Works well with

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Common Workflows

IoT Security Assessment Pipeline

Complete IoT security evaluation from architecture review through penetration testing to ongoing vulnerability management

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