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PROTECTING THE IOT-
DRIVEN NETWORK – A
MULTI-STAGE APPROACH
As the volume and complexity of devices on a network
increases exponentially, many organisations are struggling to
secure this rapidly expanding attack surface. Simon Wilson,
CTO HPE Aruba UK and Ireland, provides invaluable advice
on deploying a multi-stage strategy to ensure protecting
vulnerable IoT-driven networks.
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he Internet of Things (IoT) is more
than just the next stage in technical
development. For many businesses
it represents a valuable source of data
which can be used to gain new insight into
processes, operations and customer activity.
Offering the potential to spot and fix
inefficiencies, identify new revenue
streams and much more, it has real
economic potential for those who are able
to correctly develop, network and generate
an investment return.
However, crucial to the realisation of this
potential is security. As the breadth and
complexity of devices on the network
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continues to grow at a staggering rate, many
organisations are struggling to secure this
rapidly expanding attack surface.
If they are unable to get a handle on the
situation, then it will prove difficult to tap
into the efficiencies and outcomes which
make any IoT investment worthwhile.
Of course, this isn’t the first time IT teams
have faced a device-based security challenge
– the rise of BYOD and remote working both
introduced an influx of mobile devices into
the business environment for IT to deal with.
And the way we got through it then is the
same as we will now – by taking three simple
steps to ensure a secured network.
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SECURITY IS NOT
A BARRIER TO
IOT ADOPTION,
IT IS THE
CORNERSTONE
FOR SUCCESSFUL
ADOPTION.
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