Zones of Trust: A New Way of Thinking about IoT Security

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Recent attacks have focused attention on how to safely add “things”to enterprise networks, a topic that straddles IT and physical security. A zones-of-trust approach may be the answer.
Last year, when attackers hacked into more than 25,000 Internet of Things (IoT) closed-circuit TV devices and used them in a denial-of-service botnet attack, this question was asked in boardrooms everywhere: What would happen if hackers stole my organization’s surveillance video?

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