Edge Intelligence and Security
with Renuka Nadkarni and Vijji Suryadevara
This is the third in a series of blogs highlighting one specific session from IoTDay Womansplaining, which was hosted by Sudha Jamthe and Roxy Stimpson on April 9, 2021. You will find their conversation both spirited and informative. (Link to the video is at the very bottom of this article)
- Renuka Nadkarni (Security CTO, Strategy and Product Leader, F5 Networks, Cupertino, CA)
- Vijji Suryadevara (CPO & Head of Engineering at Phizzle in Dublin, CA)
After getting a Masters degree in electrical engineering, Renuka has ridden the wave of cyber security for 20 years. Vijji, who is from south India, is the first person in her family to attend college. She works in defining how products look, edge computing, building stacks and individual solutions, on both the tech side and the product side.
During their very lively and engaging discussion, Renuka and Vijji discuss their experience and work with the Internet of Things. Their conversation is especially enriching because they come at it from such different directions, but empathize very strongly with one another. Among the topics they cover: the edge continuum provided by LF Edge, differences between the user edge and the service provider’s edge, constrained devices, smart devices, and on-premises data centers.
They discuss the use of mobile devices versus browsers and servers, as it relates to the functions IoT is performing. They talk about the ramifications of security and the flow of information both upstream and downstream, and how critical it is to manage this properly, requiring that with every new protocol, they account for authentication, authorization, non-repudiation. They also have a deep discussion about the latency of IoT, and how there are now so many different ways to accomplish tasks, making the field very rich and ripe for growth.
Each of these women demonstrate an amazing amount of knowledge and watching them go back and forth is incredibly stimulating and highly illuminating.
Enjoy the video, and watch for more, as we will be highlighting one presentation every week.
Video: Renuka and Vijji discuss “Edge Intelligence and Security”
