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Device manufacturers need to rethink how to lock down IoT

SC Magazine

billion IoT devices expected to hit the market globally by 2025. A recent Microsoft Security Signals survey found that just 29% of companies have any budget allocated to protect firmware at all. The Security Signals research said that attacks on firmware increased five-fold in four years. Threat actors have noticed.

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Why Businesses Can’t Afford Anything Less Than Zero Trust in IoT

Security Boulevard

Considering there will be over 64 billion IoT devices in use by the end of 2025, it will be impossible to secure your organization and achieve a Zero Trust environment without securing all connected devices that make up your IoT. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault. Related Posts.

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Windows 11 is out. Is it any good for security?

Malwarebytes

United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI is a specification for the firmware that controls the first stages of booting up a computer, before the operating system is loaded. (It’s It’s a replacement for the more widely-known BIOS.)

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How to ensure security and trust in connected cars

CyberSecurity Insiders

Connected cars are an untapped well of potential, this being indicated by the fact that the connected vehicles market is projected to reach $166 billion by 2025. This includes securing the firmware and software applications of the car using public key infrastructure (PKI) among other tools, key management services and identity issuance.

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The Internet of Things Is Everywhere. Are You Secure?

Security Boulevard

According to Gartner research , 35 billion devices will be connected to the internet in 2021, and that number will more than double in the next few years to reach 75 billion connected devices by 2025. Staying current with firmware patches and updates is also key to enabling robust security. . Don’t Forget the Application Layer.

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Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibility Model

eSecurity Planet

Drivers, Firmware, Software : Cloud providers bear responsibility to secure, test, and update the software and code that supports the firmware and the basic software infrastructure of the cloud. This responsibility does not extend to software that customers install on cloud devices.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

The market surpassed $100 billion in revenue, and it’s revenue for the 2025 projections tell us that it will hit $1.5 Even if a local network is completely secured and all IoT devices on it have firmware and software updated to the last version, a shadow IoT device can wreak havoc. Shadow IoT Devices.

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