Smart TVs in conference rooms. Brainy heating and air-conditioning systems. Internet-connected light bulbs. Intelligent devices controlling manufacturing processes. Smart watches and fitness devices everywhere.
These are just a few of the things you’ll find in the enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, a landscape in which almost every physical object, it seems, has plenty of smarts and connects to networks -- and leaves enterprises vulnerable to hacks and data breaches.
The issue of IoT and security had its moment in the sun in July, when two hackers
remotely took control of a Jeep Cherokee that was driving at 70 miles an hour on the highway. They wirelessly turned the wipers on and off, turned the air conditioning to full blast, switched the radio to a different station, and then disabled the transmission so the Jeep slowed to a crawl on an interstate highway.
