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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

Indeed, organizations should be preparing to deploy such enterprise-level, targeted guidance strategies today, as doing so will prepare them for what will become increasingly complicated cybersecurity issues going-forward, in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and smart contract spaces.