A New Way to Overcome IIoT Security Challenges

In a recent CSPi blog article, we discussed the popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT) while highlighting the fact that the explosion of IoT devices adds up to real security risks for companies in a variety of commercial industries, such as industrial and healthcare. Unsecured IoT devices are a real concern given that recent Gartner research estimates that by the year 2020, more than 25% of cyberattacks will involve IoT devices. Even more alarming is that there are currently 20 billion unsecured devices in play with no signs of a slow down.In this article, we’ll take a much closer look at the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and describe how these specific devices present security risks to industrial organizations, especially those that use industrial controls or building automation technology to manage critical infrastructure.