IoT Security: An Evolving Landscape
ComputerWeekly, Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Security consistently ranks as one of the top challenges when deploying IoT. There are numerous examples of security breaches, and the threat landscape continues to become ever more challenging.
In this article, we will examine some of the changing dynamics of IoT security and approaches to securing connected devices.
IoT Security: A Rising Tide
The widespread deployment of IoT in various consumer and enterprise applications opens up more hacking opportunities, and people are using IoT in increasingly critical systems. At the same time, the scale of deployments continues to rise, with IoT connections set to grow from 16 billion IoT devices in 2023 to 40 billion in 2033.
IoT devices have always been somewhat more vulnerable to hacking by being deployed in unattended environments and often deployed in complex combinations of technologies and stakeholders, all representing a potential weak point in the security chain.