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Kathleen Martin
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Internet of Things devices are making their way into more and more areas of our lives. But while they offer many benefits they also present businesses with a problem when it comes to managing and securing them.
An ever widening range of devices now have connectivity that may be off the radar of company IT and cybersecurity teams. We spoke to Roy Dagan, CEO of SecuriThings, to discuss the issue and how enterprises can tackle it.
BN: What are the major challenges companies face with managing and securing IoT devices?
RD: Managing the stack of IoT devices in a large organization is a huge challenge today. From access control systems to cameras to building management systems, organizations often have a multitude of connected devices -- thousands, sometimes tens of thousands -- running on various networks with no way to ensure they are operational and secure.
To add to the complexity, the devices often come from different vendors with different firmware versions, and integrate with a number of third-party systems. This puts a lot of pressure on operations teams to ensure that each individual device is running properly, secure, and up to date with the latest firmware/software. And most of this work is done manually today, which can't scale for large organizations and therefore is a strain on resources.
This ends up putting organizations and their operations at risk, and drives up maintenance costs.
Continue reading: https://betanews.com/2022/02/11/the-challenge-of-managing-and-securing-iot-devices-in-the-enterprise-qa/
An ever widening range of devices now have connectivity that may be off the radar of company IT and cybersecurity teams. We spoke to Roy Dagan, CEO of SecuriThings, to discuss the issue and how enterprises can tackle it.
BN: What are the major challenges companies face with managing and securing IoT devices?
RD: Managing the stack of IoT devices in a large organization is a huge challenge today. From access control systems to cameras to building management systems, organizations often have a multitude of connected devices -- thousands, sometimes tens of thousands -- running on various networks with no way to ensure they are operational and secure.
To add to the complexity, the devices often come from different vendors with different firmware versions, and integrate with a number of third-party systems. This puts a lot of pressure on operations teams to ensure that each individual device is running properly, secure, and up to date with the latest firmware/software. And most of this work is done manually today, which can't scale for large organizations and therefore is a strain on resources.
This ends up putting organizations and their operations at risk, and drives up maintenance costs.
Continue reading: https://betanews.com/2022/02/11/the-challenge-of-managing-and-securing-iot-devices-in-the-enterprise-qa/
