Common IoT Security Issues Companies Face

IoT devices differ in terms of their complexities, capabilities, and vendors. There's a good chance that the release dates, bitrates, technical interfaces, and functionalities of IoT devices will differ.

Fremont, CA: The Internet of Things (IoT) solves pressing business problems while also posing significant challenges.

IoT technology has provided numerous benefits to various businesses (healthcare, transportation, etc.), but it has also raised security concerns due to its increasing interconnectedness.

Entities in IoT are not always the same as devices, objects, or services. Every entity serves a distinct purpose, has a distinct interface, a distinct operating mechanism, and employs a distinct technology. Given the diversity, applying security constructs that are the same as the constructs of other assets will not produce the desired results while ensuring cybersecurity.

Common IoT security issues:

Policies

IoT requires policies and standards to ensure that data is securely stored, transmitted, and processed. As you deal with multiple entities in the Internet of Things and their dynamic environment, imposing such policies and standards across all devices becomes difficult.

To achieve predefined service level agreements, you must have clear standards that are enforced by your security mechanism across all IoT devices (SLAs).

Authentication

IoT devices or objects should be able to recognize and authenticate one another. However, when there are so many entities (devices, services, people, processing units, and so on) involved, authentication becomes difficult.

Furthermore, when IoT objects interact with each other for the first time, authentication becomes difficult. To address this IoT security challenge, you will need a proper mechanism that authenticates entities in every interaction.

Heterogeneity

IoT devices differ in terms of their complexities, capabilities, and vendors. There's a good chance that the release dates, bitrates, technical interfaces, and functionalities of IoT devices will differ.

Organizations face a challenge in designing and implementing security protocols that cover such a wide range of IoT stages. Furthermore, IoT operates in a dynamic environment where device connectivity can change. To ensure IoT security, you must consider these parameters when designing protective measures.

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