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IoT.

Separate devices, clients, local APIs, and vendor clouds.

A connected system has multiple owners and assessment boundaries. The home-lab guide starts with supported configuration, known device models, synthetic data, and recovery planning. Keep API evidence distinct from firmware, radio, operating-system, and physical-security claims. Ownership of a device is not unrestricted authorization over its ecosystem.

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Use the companion guide to connect these articles to an assessment plan. For the next step, define the business question, obtain explicit scope approval, and prepare synthetic evidence that a reviewer can interpret. The resource library includes an offline checklist, a prompt pack, and an illustrative report to help organize that conversation.