IoT Cybersecurity Awareness Rising, but Maturity Lagging
Conversations surrounding IoT cybersecurity often verge on the hyperbolic, playing up outlandish-sounding scenarios involving hacked cars and airplanes, pacemakers and the power grid. But a spate of recent news, including a cyberattack targeting the city of Atlanta and Russian meddling with the U.S. power grid gives credence to threat. As does a recent survey from the Ponemon Institute and Shared Assessments, which indicates a certain amount of paranoia regarding unsecured IoT deployments is well-founded.