How to create a security strategy for IoT | ZDNet
The Internet of Things (IoT) presents a major opportunity for collecting critical data that can be used to fuel digital transformation across the enterprise. Unfortunately, it’s also one of today’s biggest security risks to an organization.
This ebook, based on the latest ZDNet/TechRepublic special feature, explores ways IoT is improving operations and delivering business value to enterprises around the world.
The number of connected devices will top 20 billion by the year 2020, research firm Gartner predicted last year. These connected devices can help with an organization’s automation and efficiency efforts, but they can be difficult to secure and often lack enterprise-grade controls.
However, with the proper security strategy in place, an organization can safely deploy IoT to meet their business objectives while protecting critical assets. Here’s how IT and business leaders should go about building their security strategy for IoT.
Businesses should work to develop a specific, standalone IoT security strategy, according to Merritt Maxim, principal analyst at Forrester Research. Taking an existing security strategy and assuming it will work for IoT can be a huge mistake, he said.