EXPERT SPEAK
Securing IoT: Know your
network, protect your network
Jose Vasco, Regional
Director, MEMA at Aruba, a
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
company asks whether you
ever think about the need
to secure IoT. It could be a
patient monitor, a security
camera or a lighting system;
every connection to the
network is a potential route
for attackers.
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his is quite a new concept to many,
but it’s a very real problem. From
3,100 companies surveyed by HPE
Aruba, 84 per cent reported experiencing
an IoT-related breach.
Across industries like healthcare,
government, manufacturing and retail,
there are literally thousands of use cases
that are relying on IoT. Each one demands
a different type of device, potentially
a different security protocol, and this
creates endless threats. We need to be able
to see these devices, and where they’re
connecting, to be able to protect them.
The following is a top four list of
industries that have suffered the most IoT-
related breaches, with further details on
how IoT is being used in each. This gives
an idea of the challenges we face.
1. Healthcare: 89 per cent
have suffered an IoT-related
security breach
By 2019, 87 per cent of healthcare
organisations will have adopted IoT
technology. Patient monitors and X-ray/
imaging devices are some of the most-used
IoT devices to create services like location
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