In the business-to-business sector, cybersecurity presents a significant obstacle to IoT adoption, say experts.
presents plenty of opportunities, but almost as many vulnerabilities. While IoT adoption has accelerated in recent years, it still works in largely siloed clusters, across verticals. To unlock its full potential, better integration is needed both within and across these various verticals.If IoT is to reach its potential as a fully interconnected ecosystem, it and cybersecurity need to work better together.
Research shows that IoT buyers value digital trust and privacy more highly than providers realise. Siloed decision making compounds this, with contrasting decision-making processes between IoT and cybersecurity departments further stilting adoption.Firstly, industry players need to acknowledge the challenges and commit to finding ways to solve them. Then, they need to agree on standards moving forward. This requires collaboration between IoT and cybersecurity solution providers.
If the worlds of IoT and cybersecurity can successfully converge and develop comprehensive solutions, we could see IoT spending increase by as much as 40%. Source: iONLINE Together the IoT and cybersecurity sectors can create a resilient ecosystem where users can take full advantage of smart technologies while keeping sensitive data safe. The IoT environment of the near future will comprise billions of connected devices communicating through heterogeneous operating systems, networks and platforms, using cloud-based data storage and cloud-native programming.
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