Almost every day there seems to be another story about the “Internet of Things" (IoT). More and more “things” are being equipped to send and receive information over the internet. It might be fun to have your running shoes connecting to the cloud, but what does it mean, if anything, to your corporate network?
In some ways this is nothing new for companies. For some time corporate IT departments have struggled with “bring your own device” policies, as employees use their personal phones and tablets to read their email or browse the web while attached to the company network.
But the Internet of Things goes much further. Samsung indicates that 90% of the devices they sell will be network enabled in two years. This includes their phones but also televisions and appliances. You might suspect that the TV in the conference room is on the net, but what about the refrigerator in the kitchen?
And Samsung indicates that they are opening up their technology to make it easy for third parties to interact with these devices. Are companies creating a whole new constellation of third party “partners” they don’t even know about?
Do you know how the Internet of Things affects your corporate network? Here are some steps you can take to reduce the cyber risk of your network:
BitSight Security Ratings for Benchmarking provides ongoing insight into how your network manages its connection to the rest of the internet, including activity by actors you may not know about (such as that refrigerator in the kitchen). It also allows you to compare your performance against those of your peers and competitors, so it is a useful platform for keeping your information security strategy current.
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