Selangor, Malaysia – February 3, 2025 — Favoriot, a leading IoT platform provider, is proud to announce its latest Favoriot Partner Network (FPN) initiative to transform the landscape of IoT education through strategic collaborations with educational institutions. This collaboration bridges the gap between academic knowledge and industry demands by equipping students with practical IoT skills and industry-recognised certifications.

Empowering Students Through Two Key Approaches:

1. Embedding Favoriot IoT Platform into IoT Courses and Labs
   Educational institutions can directly integrate Favoriot’s IoT content into their courses, syllabi, and laboratory environments. This approach enables students to gain hands-on experience with real-world IoT platforms, fostering practical skills in device management, data analysis, and system integration. Upon completing these IoT courses, students will be awarded the Favoriot Certificate, co-endorsed by both Favoriot and the respective institution, enhancing their employability in the IoT industry.
2. Short-Term IoT Training Conducted by Certified Lecturers
   In addition to curriculum integration, Favoriot offers specialised 2-3 day IoT training programmes conducted by university lecturers. To ensure high-quality training, these lecturers must pass the Favoriot Certificate Examination to become certified trainers. This certification process guarantees that students receive instruction from knowledgeable educators who are well-versed in the latest IoT technologies. Students who complete these intensive training sessions will also receive the Favoriot Certificate, recognised by industry players.

Quality Assurance Through Certified Educators
Favoriot maintains stringent quality control measures by requiring that only lecturers who have successfully obtained the Favoriot Professional Certification are eligible to teach IoT courses or conduct training sessions. This ensures consistent, high-quality instruction across all partner institutions.

A Commitment to Industry-Ready Talent Development
“Our collaboration with educational institutions is part of Favoriot’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of IoT professionals,” said Dr. Mazlan Abbas, CEO of Favoriot. “By embedding our platform into academic environments and empowering educators through certification, we are creating a robust pipeline of talent equipped to meet the evolving demands of the IoT industry.”

About Favoriot:
Favoriot is a leading IoT platform company dedicated to simplifying the development of IoT applications through secure, scalable, and user-friendly solutions. With a strong focus on education, smart cities, and industrial IoT, Favoriot is at the forefront of driving digital transformation across various sectors.

For more information about this initiative or to explore partnership opportunities, please visit www.favoriot.com or contact info@favoriot.com.

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MyIoTA, or the Malaysia Internet-of-Things Association, leads the charge of transforming various industries in Malaysia through digital innovation and IoT.

It aims to tap into the endless potential of IoT technologies, pushing Malaysia to the forefront of the global digital economy and into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

MyIoTA has set up strategic plans to boost investments in IoT, foster idea sharing among key players, build partnerships across different sectors, showcase Malaysian IoT innovations worldwide, and guide industries on their digital transformation journey.

The Role of MyIoTA in Digital Transformation

MyIoTA plays a crucial role in reshaping Malaysian industries by promoting IoT technologies.

This effort increases efficiency, innovation, and growth in various sectors.

MyIoTA’s commitment includes:

• Boosting IoT Investments and Innovations: MyIoTA highlights IoT’s capabilities to spark investment and innovation.
• Encouraging Idea Sharing: It creates a space for IoT entrepreneurs, researchers, CIOs, and policymakers to exchange insights and shape the future of IoT.
• Building Partnerships: MyIoTA works to ensure a united approach to IoT development, making industries more digitally adept.
• Promoting Malaysian IoT Globally: It aims to enhance the global presence of Malaysian IoT companies, opening doors to international opportunities.
• Guiding Digital Transformation: MyIoTA leads industries through their digital evolution, using IoT to unlock new efficiencies and opportunities.

Favoriot’s Role and the MyIoTA IoT Sensor Hub

The MyIoTA IoT Sensor Hub is a prime example of local innovation supported by MyIoTA.

Designed and made entirely in Malaysia, this product represents MyIoTA’s collaborative spirit between several members.

Favoriot, a member of MyIoTA, has contributed to developing the IoT Sensor Hub via its IoT middleware, which makes it easier for users to collect and send data for visualization and analysis.

Transforming the Economy and Industry with IoT

The MyIoTA IoT Sensor Hub, backed by MyIoTA’s open SDK policy, is a crucial driver of innovation, allowing developers to customize IoT solutions.

This device simplifies the deployment of IoT projects, making them more practical and reliable.

It helps businesses and developers quickly move from ideas to implementation, keeping Malaysian companies competitive.

(Note: Download the MyIoTA IoT Sensor Hub Brochure)

Creating New Opportunities

The MyIoTA IoT Sensor Hub is set to create new jobs, launch new businesses, and revamp existing industries.

It paves the way for innovation, leading sectors into the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

This change is about adopting new technology and economic transformation, leading to new business models, tech job growth, and the digital update of traditional industries.

A Call for Collaborative Transformation

MyIoTA’s initiatives, especially its collaboration with members like Favoriot and the development of the MyIoTA IoT Sensor Hub, aim to make Malaysian IoT companies leaders worldwide.

By making IoT project deployment easier and fostering a network of partners and developers, MyIoTA ensures Malaysia stays ahead in digital innovation.

This collective effort invites everyone to contribute to a future where innovation, connectivity, and advanced digital technologies drive national and global progress.

Video — MyIoTA SensorHub V1 Getting Started

Contact Favoriot to schedule an appointment or for further information.

This article, “MyIoTA IoT Sensorhub That Creates New Opportunities,” was originally published on Medium.

To make smart devices around the world more protected, Kaspersky, at its Cyber Security Weekend – META event, announced plans for signing a strategic partnership agreement with Favoriot, a regional innovator in IoT platforms.

February 22, 2024

Internet of Things (IoT) devices include wearables, smart home appliances, smart city systems, self-driving cars, automated retail checkouts, and other smart devices for home and business use. Cybercriminals infect smart devices to conduct attacks or as a proxy for other types of malicious actions. In 2023 IoT devices in the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa region were responsible for over 8 million outgoing attacks that were spotted on Kaspersky honeypots. To make smart devices around the world more protected, Kaspersky at its Cyber Security Weekend – META event announced plans for signing a strategic partnership agreement with Favoriot, a regional innovator in IoT platforms.

IoT devices are connected with business applications and cloud platforms through business applications.  Kaspersky IoT Secure Gateway 1000 (KISG 1000) ensures the security of these interactions due to the Cyber Immune operating system – KasperskyOS – at its core. With KISG 1000, the entire IoT system of an organization is protected at the gateway level due to Kaspersky’s secure-by-design approach and built-in protection capabilities.

“Given the diversity of IoT devices and the related cybersecurity risks, the need for their protection is clear. Traditional measures may not be sufficient for IoT protection, hence specialized security solutions should be implemented,” comments Dr. Mazlan Abbas, CEO of Favoriot. “Favoriot is an innovator in IoT integration, and today at the Cyber Security Weekend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we are proud to announce a strategic partnership that is planned to be signed between Favoriot and Kaspersky later in the year. This partnership will see our companies focus on jointly developing the Favoriot IoT platform and Kaspersky’s Cyber Immune IoT Gateway to provide for a safer tomorrow.”

Victor Ivanovsky, KasperskyOS Business Development Lead, added: “Kaspersky Cyber Immunity helps organizations operating across multiple industries, such as smart city systems, manufacturing, energy production or others, to get a secure IoT system and visibility across all connected devices. Customers can fully protect their IoT suite, from the gateway to the cloud, and manage it through one centralized administration console. We are happy that together with Favoriot we will be able to bring next-gen cyber protection to more organizations – in the SEA, META regions, and worldwide.”

To keep an organization’s IoT suite safe, Kaspersky recommends:

• Change the factory passwords at initial setup, use complex passwords at least 8 characters long, including upper and lower-case letters, numerals, and special characters.
• Use a strict access policy, network segmentation and a zero-trust model. This will help to minimize the spread of an attack and protect the most sensitive parts of the infrastructure.
• Check the IoT Security Maturity Model – an approach that helps companies evaluate all steps and levels they need to pass to achieve a sufficient level of IoT protection.
• Use a dedicated IoT gateway that ensures the inbuilt security and reliability of data transferring, like KISG 1000.
• Use Kaspersky Threat Intelligence as reference to block network connections originating from malicious network addresses detected by security researchers.

About Kaspersky

Kaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection, specialized security products and services, as well as Cyber Immune solutions to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky technologies and we help over 220,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

About KasperskyOS

KasperskyOS is an operating system developed from scratch by Kaspersky. Using Kaspersky’s unique methodology, it is possible to provide KasperskyOS-based solutions with Cyber Immunity – innate protection against cyberattacks, both existing and as yet unknown. Such solutions can perform their functions even in aggressive environments, ensuring the achievement of security goals in all use cases envisaged at the development stage. KasperskyOS finds application where there are increased requirements for cybersecurity, reliability and predictability, for example, in the internet of things and smart cities.

About Favoriot

Favoriot offers an IoT platform designed to facilitate the seamless integration and management of IoT devices, enabling users to collect, analyze, and leverage data in real-time to improve efficiency, enhance decision-making processes, and create innovative services. Favoriot aims to empower organizations and communities by providing them with the tools and insights needed to harness the full potential of IoT technology, ultimately contributing to smarter, more connected environments.