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IoT: Driving Continued Growth of Next-generation Security Market |
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THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) OFFERS POTENTIAL FOR GLOBAL DISRUPTION AND VALUE CREATION, RIVALING THAT OF THE INTERNET ITSELF (AND POSSIBLY MUCH MORE),but it is an immature domain where product and technology categories aren’t yet clearly established. Security has always been an ecosystem play in the IT side and with the convergence of IT and IoT, that ecosystem has expanded drastically. In a Q1 survey of enterprises by 451 Research, 66.1% of respondents cited the opportunity to reduce security and compliance risk in organizations by deploying IoT technologies as leading goal. This included monitoring for security breaches, loss prevention, and public and workplace safety. |
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WHAT ARE THE SECURITY RISKS?The thing-centric side is very new to the IT world and has not traditionally been part of the regular IT rigor around security. But now thing-centric components are in communication with internet-centric components and with that comes a larger attack surface area. |
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Thing-centric IoT Device Vulnerabilities:
In the world of IoT, networking protocols may have been developed with essential communication as the only function in mind. This creates other opportunities for vulnerabilities. Thing-centric Network Vulnerabilities:
Since most of these assets could be in the field for years, with no easy way to secure, patch and monitor the assets, their risks are compounded. Impact to Internet-Centric Security:
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Atul Damani is the Chief Technology Strategist, Westcon-Comstor, responsible for supporting the company’s strategic selection, development and introduction of new and disruptive technologies in the channel. For more information on the Internet of Things check out this IoT primer from Information is Beautiful. |
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