CYBERSECURITY AND IoT


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CYBERSECURITY AND IoT: WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD KNOW

To gauge public sector readiness for the Internet of Things (IoT), the Center for Digital Government (CDG) surveyed 125 state and local government decision-makers in November 2016.

IoT EMERGES IN A HIGH-THREAT ENVIRONMENT

FACT:

PROJECTION:

QUESTION:

U.S. COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUFFERED A RECORD

20.4 BILLION “THINGS”

ARE YOU

1,093

DATA BREACHES IN 2016, A 40 PERCENT INCREASE FROM 2015. 1

PREPARED TO SECURE THIS DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DATA THAT FLOWS THROUGH IT?

— INCLUDING DEVICES, SENSORS, BUILDINGS, VEHICLES AND MORE — WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET BY 2020. 2

GOVERNMENT IS GEARING UP FOR IoT MORE THAN

1/3

OF RESPONDENTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED OR PLAN TO IMPLEMENT IoT INITIATIVES.

NEARLY

BUT SECURITY FEARS CAN STALL EFFORTS.

NEARLY

1/3

1/4

ARE EXPANDING BROADBAND AND WIRELESS ACCESS TO SUPPORT IoT PLANS.

OF RESPONDENTS SAY SECURITY CONCERNS ARE SLOWING IoT IMPLEMENTATIONS.

THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT:

38%

37%

36%

DATA ENCRYPTION

OUTDATED POLICIES

NETWORK SECURITY

36%

ACCESS PROTOCOLS

HOW TO PREPARE FOR IoT 1: ASSESS VULNERABILITIES Verify consistent security practices, policies and technologies are implemented across all endpoints.

30% HOWEVER,

41%

OF RESPONDENTS DO NOT KNOW WHAT ASPECTS OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACK.

SAY IoT WILL CHANGE THEIR NETWORK SECURITY RISK PROFILE.

2: UPDATE SECURITY POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE Develop strategies that enable network and data access control and update policies as the cyber threat landscape evolves.

17%

OF RESPONDENTS EXPERIENCED A SECURITY ISSUE RELATED TO IoT IN THE PAST 24 MONTHS.

RESPONDENTS OVERCAME IoT SECURITY ISSUES WITH CHANGES TO:

FIREWALL PROTOCOLS

POLICIES

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES

3: IMPLEMENT SECURITY SOLUTIONS Authentication technologies, firewalls, data encryption and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation tools can prevent intentional and unintentional security threats.

41%

OF RESPONDENTS PERCEIVE CITIZENS TO BE A THREAT TO IoT SECURITY.

60%

SAY CITIZENS INTRODUCE RISK THROUGH SABOTAGE AND VANDALISM.

4: TRAIN STAFF Ongoing professional development can help prevent security issues introduced by human error.

64%

OF RESPONDENTS SEE EMPLOYEES AS A RISK TO IoT SECURITY.

EMPLOYEES INTRODUCE RISK VIA:

MISTAKE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OMISSION

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW NETWORK AND SECURITY MODERNIZATION CAN HELP PREPARE YOUR AGENCY FOR IoT, VISIT: WWW.COX.COM/BUSINESS/INDUSTRY-EXPERTISE/GOVERNMENT.HTML Endnotes: 1. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-19/data-breaches-hit-record-in-2016-as-dnc-wendy-s-co-hacked 2. http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3598917

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