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More connected, less secure: Addressing IoT and OT threats to the enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a permanent fixture for consumers and enterprises as the world becomes more and more interconnected. By 2027, the global number of connected IoT devices is projected to exceed 29 billion, a significant increase from the 16.7 billion devices reported in 2023.

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How AI and IoT Solutions Can Improve Your Business

Smart Data Collective

In today’s modern era, AI and IoT are technologies poised to impact every part of the industry and society radically. In addition, as companies attempt to draw better significance from the huge datasets gathered by linked devices, the potential of AI is accelerating the wider implementation of IoT. l Improved Risk Management.

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IoT Adoption in Healthcare Brings Security Opportunities

CIO Business Intelligence

At the end of the day, it’s all about patient outcomes and how to improve the delivery of care, so this kind of IoT adoption in healthcare brings opportunities that can be life-changing, as well as simply being operationally sound. But ransomware isn’t the only risk. Many connected devices ship with inherent vulnerabilities.

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How IEC 62443 and Other Regulatory Requirements Help Enable IoT Security

Smart Data Collective

As the US Government Accountability Office warns, “ internet-connected technologies can improve services, but face risks of cyberattacks.” The use of IoT devices and operational technology (OT) generates new attack surfaces that can expose an organization’s critical infrastructure to hackers and other threat actors.

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What is GRC? The rising importance of governance, risk, and compliance

CIO Business Intelligence

The need to manage risk, adhere to regulations, and establish processes to govern those tasks has been part of running an organization as long as there have been businesses to run. Stanley also notes that “technology advances, like AI, IoT and cloud computing, have also introduced compliance challenges and new cybersecurity threats.”

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How Secure Are Your IoT Assets?

CDW Research Hub

Securing your IoT devices is more important than ever, especially if your critical infrastructure is tied to industrial control systems. Threats against industrial control systems and OT have increased threefold in the past year , and that figure could grow dramatically as more devices and sensors connect to the IoT.

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Why Secure Your IoT Data With a Zero-Trust Strategy?

CDW Research Hub

If you’ve felt like new reports of data hacks and security breaches are becoming more common, it’s not your imagination. In fact, many organizations have begun adopting zero-trust IoT security strategies to protect their IoT data from potential breaches. As that number grows, IoT security concerns will intensify as well.

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