Touchless secure bootstrapping of IoT devices

A method comprising:

• sending, with a transceiver of an IoT device, a bootstrapping request to a bootstrap server for a cellular network;
• receiving, at the transceiver of the IoT device, a bootstrapping message from the bootstrap server;
• applying, with a processor of the IoT device, a digital certificate and one or more settings contained in the bootstrapping message to the IoT device, wherein a type of the digital certificate is selected from a plurality of types of digital certificates based at least in part on one or more capabilities of the IoT device;
• and
• connecting, with the transceiver of the IoT device, to the cellular network based at least in part on the one or more settings in the bootstrapping message.

A system comprising:

• a bootstrap server associated with a cellular network, the bootstrap server comprising:
• one or more transceivers to send and receive one or more transmissions;
• memory storing at least a configuration algorithm;
• and
• one or more processors in communication with at least the one or more transceivers and the memory, the configuration algorithm including instructions to cause the bootstrap server to:
• receive, at the one or more transceivers, data from a provisioning system of the cellular network including data associated with an internet of things (IoT) device;
• retrieve, with the one or more processors, a configuration profile for the IoT device from a configuration database;
• select, with the one or more processors and based on one or more capabilities of the IoT device, is a certificate logic for the IoT device of a plurality of certificate logics;
• and
• send, with the one or more transceivers and based on the certificate logic selected for the IoT device, a request for a digital certificate for the IoT device from a certification authority.