Two Faces of the IoT: A Conversation With Xively’s Philip DesAutels

This interview with Philip DesAutels, VP of Technology at Xively, examines how consumer and commercial IoT adopters differ in their approach to security and privacy, highlighting enterprise concerns around wire- and API-level security, data ownership, and interoperability. It emphasizes common pitfalls (e.g., default administrative credentials), the importance of platform assurance for telemetry and industrial use cases, and how businesses can monetize connected devices while needing stronger end-to-end security models.