Massachusetts Auditor Faults State IoT Adoption Practices
In its Audit of the Administration of the Internet of Things, OSA surveyed 84 state agencies it believed were already using IoT devices “for significant purposes” and found large percentages of the 28 respondent agencies harbored reservations about the technology. Nearly three-quarters of the agencies that responded (68 percent) said they believed IoT had enabled them to “manage specific activities more efficiently,” but indicated adoption of the technology had been slow.
Nearly half of the responding agencies, or 43 percent, believed IoT is still in its infancy and “the risk of adopting IoT devices is greater than the benefits,” while 46 percent believed IoT risks “cannot be managed effectively or efficiently by current controls.” The finding on risk versus benefit “seemed like a clear call from those agencies that they needed some guidance and some help,” said OSA’s Director of Communications Michael Wessler.