The report, compiled by independent evaluation firm Quocirca, found the scaling out to many tens of thousands of devices per organization certainly represents an abundance of new opportunities but emphasized the value the same security rigor and vigilance applied to conventional IT apparatus must be expanded to all associated things.
The IoT is an evolutionary theory with as much power to enhance present or brownish-field business processes as it does to create new greenfield ones. One thing is for certain, all this action adds up to a vast variety of apparatus with the total average per individual UK organization anticipated to run into the thousands over the next 12 months. All these devices will likely be attached to many different networks leading to increased stress on both new and existing networks.
“The new UK-centered research within this report emphasizes that companies looking to set up IoT should think about a decentralized security and management model, as this would have the combined effect of decreasing information volumes and alleviating the significant stress on networks,” said Hank Skorney, SVP Internet of Stuff for Neustar.