Security News

Enterprise IoT Security Firm Armis Emerges From Stealth (Security Week)
2017-06-06 16:04

Armis, a Palo Alto-based company that aims to help organizations eliminate the blind spots introduced by Internet of Things (IoT) devices, emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday. read more

The cost of IoT hacks: Up to 13% of revenue for smaller firms (Help Net Security)
2017-06-05 13:00

Nearly half of U.S. firms using an Internet of Things (IoT) network have been hit by a recent security breach, which can cost up to 13% of smaller companies’ annual revenue, according to a new...

Ready or not, IoT third party risks are here (Help Net Security)
2017-06-01 14:30

A new survey conducted by The Ponemon Institute uncovered a high rate of concern among organizations about the security of IoT, yet a gap in understanding of how to mitigate and communicate the...

Despite tremendous growth, most IoT projects fail (Help Net Security)
2017-05-24 15:28

60 percent of IoT initiatives stall at the Proof of Concept (PoC) stage and only 26 percent of companies have had an IoT initiative that they considered a complete success. Even worse: a third of...

The privacy threat of IoT device traffic rate metadata (Help Net Security)
2017-05-22 21:33

Even though many IoT devices for smart homes encrypt their traffic, a passive network observer – e.g. an ISP, or a neighborhood WiFi eavesdropper – can infer consumer behavior and sensitive...