Report: connected devices pose security problems in the workplace

Survey warns that internet of things (IoT) cybersecurity practices need to change to protect corporate networks from non-business IoT devices

The weakest link: the problem with connected devices. Picture: Getty

Internet cybersecurity practices need to change to protect corporate networks from non-business IoT devices, a survey of IT decision-makers by Palo Alto Networks warns.

According to the 2021 survey, three-quarters of respondents in Ireland (75 per cent) who have IoT devices connected to their organisation’s network reported an increase in non-business IoT devices connecting to corporate networks in the last year.

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