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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OUTDATED POLICIES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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