Securing IoT involves developers, manufacturers and end users alike
Historically, securing the few million industrial control devices deployed across utilities and industries was a struggle — and this was long before they became internet-connected. Now, by some accounts, billions of potentially insecure IoT devices will need to be dealt with in more verticals than ever before. Industrial control engineers and manufacturers of yesteryear may get a pass for mistakes made decades before the advent of industrial control internet connectivity, but the engineers and manufacturers designing today’s IoT devices without keeping security in mind can’t be excused — and neither can the end users and enterprises deploying them.