Security testing firm IOActive recently surveyed 129 security professionals on the security of Internet of Things devices at its IOAsis San Francisco 2016 event March 1-2, 2016. The result shows extensive distrust of IoT security.
According to Gartner, there will be 6.4 billion connected things this year. That number will more than triple to 21 billion connected things by 2020. “Your refrigerator, smoke detector, doorbell and air freshener may already be. Next, clothes, traffic lights and pedestrian walk buttons – and every part of a factory – and even your home’s windows, will all be connected, sharing information…” commented a CNBC report in February.
