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INDUSTRYNEWS
Smart Lock Wins Global 2020
IoT Breakthrough Award
Annual IoT Breakthrough Awards Program Recognises Standout
Internet-of-Things Companies and Products
» MIGHTON PRODUCTS,
the leading manufacturer and
supplier to the joinery industry
in the UK for window and door
hardware, today announced that
its Avia Smart Lock has been
selected as the global winner
of the “Smart Lock Product
of the Year” award in the 4th
Annual IoT Breakthrough Awards
Program from IoT Breakthrough,
a leading market intelligence
organisation that recognises the
top companies, technologies and
products in the global Internet-
of-Things (IoT) market today.
‘Avia is all about
security and about
peace of mind, so
we didn’t want
to make Avia just
secure, we wanted
to be able to prove
Avia’s security
credentials too’
Avia is the ultimate secure
smart home security system
available for multipoint locking
doors. Avia is Apple HomeKit
enabled and packed with online
security features. The Avia secure
smart lock is the first smart lock
to be accredited by Sold Secure
which is administered by the UK’s
Master Locksmiths Association
and aimed at reducing the risk
of crime by assessing security
products. Avia has designed all
its products with security at its
heart and to meet the enhanced
security requirements of external
agencies and industry standards
and regulations. Avia was also the
first smart lock to be compliant
with the UK Government code
of practice for consumer IoT and
ETSI TS 103 645 Consumer IoT
security technical specification,
providing users with the
confidence that it is safe and
secure at home and online. Avia
was also the very first smart
lock to achieve the prestigious
BSI Internet of Things Verified –
residential IoT accreditation.
“Unlike many other smart
locks, Avia uses the latest
advanced 256 bit encryption for
the transfer of data, and Apple
HomeKit is widely acknowledged
to be the most secure platform
available, so the communication
between the phone and the lock
is protected at the highest level
possible,“ said James Johnson,
managing director at IoT
Breakthrough. “Their innovations
with the Avia product continue
with their introduction of child
safety features, and simply put
- Mighton Products is now a
leading force of innovation in
the smart lock arena. We extend
our congratulations to the
entire Mighton Products team
for taking home this 2020 IoT
Breakthrough Award.”
The mission of the IoT
Breakthrough Awards program
is to recognise the innovators,
leaders and visionaries from
around the globe in a range of
IoT categories, including Industrial
and Enterprise IoT, Smart City
technology, Connected Home and
Home Automation, Connected
Car, and many more. This year’s
program attracted more than
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3,700 nominations
from companies all
over the world.
Mighton Products has also
developed ‘optical pairing’ as
part of the process for adding a
lock to consumer home system
and devices. Optical pairing is
a Bluetooth® pairing method
developed by Mighton Products
Ltd as a form of Bluetooth® out-
of-band pairing. It is known to be
secure against ‘man-in-the-middle’
attacks due to its inherent
privacy, made possible by the
close physical proximity and the
single ‘point to point’ procedure.
It works by communicating
one of the Bluetooth® pairing
encryption keys through a ‘light
flashing pattern’ from one device
to the other. When optical
pairing, only the devices that
participate will communicate with
each other.
“We believe that every smart
lock should be subject to the
industry’s most rigorous testing,
including both hardware and
software components,” said Mike
Derham, Chairman, Mighton
Products Ltd. “Avia is all about
security and about peace of
mind, so we didn’t want to make
Avia just secure, we wanted to
be able to prove Avia’s security
credentials too. That’s why we
have sent Avia to the world’s
best security testing houses
for both physical and cyber
security testing to be completely
scrutinised, and we are proud
to receive their validation, as
well as the validation from
IoT Breakthrough with this
2020 IoT Breakthrough Award
designation.”
ABOUT IOT
BREAKTHROUGH
Part of Tech Breakthrough,
a leading market
intelligence and recognition
platform for global
technology innovation
and leadership, the IoT
Breakthrough Awards
program is devoted to
honoring excellence
in Internet-of-Things
technologies, services,
companies and products.
The IoT Breakthrough
Awards program provides
a forum for public
recognition around the
achievements of IoT
companies and products
in categories including
Connected Home and
Home Automation,
Connected Car, Industrial
IoT (IIoT) and Smart City,
Consumer IoT and more.
For more
information visit
IoTBreakthrough.com