Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management (Draft)
Susan Symington, William T. Polk, Murugiah Souppaya · 2020
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are typically connected to a network.The steps performed to provision a device with its network credentials are referred to as network-layer onboarding (or simply, onboarding).This paper proposes a taxonomy for IoT device onboarding that can clearly express the capabilities of any particular onboarding solution.By providing a common language that describes and clarifies various onboarding characteristics, this taxonomy assists with discussion, characterization, and development of trusted onboarding solutions that can be adopted broadly.To provide context for the proposed onboarding taxonomy and to try to ensure its comprehensiveness, this paper also describes a generic trusted onboarding process, defines onboarding functional roles, discusses onboarding-related aspects of IoT lifecycle management, presents onboarding use cases, and proposes recommended security capabilities for onboarding.