Cybersecurity is on every manufacturer’s mind these days as more machines are connected and more groups and alliances emerge as a way to promote security standards and best practices for automation applications. While the focus has been on the control systems as a result of some high profile data breaches, there are probably a thousand other “little things” on the network — from sensors to 3-D printers — that could potentially be an open door to a bad actor.
With that in mind, Deloitte, which partnered with Dragos in 2017 to expand its cyber risk services for industrial control systems, recently polled over 4,200 professionals to gauge how much they understand the risk exposure of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Based on the feedback from the respondents, there is still a lot to overcome when it comes to IoT and cybersecurity.
