internet of things
Will the IoT Enable
Your Kettle to Steal
Your Car?
Barry Mattacott looks at the security risks of linking
more and more smart devices to our networks.
By Barry Mattacott Marketing Director, Wick Hill Group.
Introduction
Back in the good old days, we nailed
the front door up tight with a firewall
and we knew, that with good security
on our gateway, our network was safe
from the outside world. But those pesky
kids in their bedrooms, not to mention
state-sponsored cyber criminals, worked
out that they could circumnavigate our
state-of-the-art firewall by looking for a
way in at the opposite end of our network
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- the endpoint. So, now we all agree that
securing the endpoint is essential, but just
where is it and what does it look like?
Security Risks
Since those early days, there has been a
massive proliferation of endpoints and
security issues have grown alongside
them. You can’t go anywhere or do
anything without risking an infection.
A recent survey found that almost two