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Defending the internet of things at machine speed – IoT Agenda

It is the Internet of Things, but with an enterprise angle. Take that to mean industry vertical applications, development ecosystems, product design, hardware, deployment and more.

While the first generation of the internet was primarily focused on connecting people to people via primarily static networks, IoT enables devices to communicate directly with each other across meshed and dynamically expanding networked environments. When combined with increasing levels of device intelligence (rather than relying on human intervention for every decision — resulting in a corresponding lag time), we now have devices connecting to each other and making decisions for us at machine speeds.

The IoT is imminent – and so are the security challenges it will inevitably bring. Get up to speed on IoT security basics and learn how to devise your own IoT security strategy in our new e-guide.

Unfortunately, this trend also holds true for malicious actors. According to the findings of Fortinet’s Global Threat Landscape Report for Q1 of 2018, cybercriminals are evolving their attack methods to also include automation in order to increase their success rates and to speed infections. And they’re targeting these increasingly autonomous exploits at more attack vectors than ever before.

Data indicates that cybercriminals are getting better and more sophisticated in their use of malware, utilizing both newly announced zero-day vulnerabilities and known threats in order to attack at speed and scale. While the number of detections per firm dropped by more than 13% in Q1 of 2018, the number of unique exploit detections still grew by more than 11% during the quarter, while 73% of companies experienced a severe exploit.

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