The Internet of Things: An Emerging Torrent of Business Threats

There are 5 billion Internet-connected devices in use today. This is the Age of the Internet of Things. We check our stocks and buy coffee from our smart phones. Smart appliances manage our homes. A profusion of connected monitors manage our cities’ infrastructures. But each new device added into the “IoT” mix also chips away at the security protecting our organizations from cyber attacks. So as we explore new business opportunities with connected “things,” we must also think about securing the devices as well as the sensitive information they gather or use.

In this eBook you’ll read about:

• The Internet of Things: what it is, why it’s helpful, and its pitfalls
• Defining and containing the risks of IoT Big Data
• Industrial security and the real-world actuality of IoT’s impact