Why IoT Security Issues Still Loom Large in Health Care

According to recent research from IoT security company Zingbox, healthcare organizations are wrestling with an array of IoT security issues. Brian Buntz | Mar 20, 2018

In one perspective, IoT devices are the inverse of traditional IT devices such as desktops, laptops, mobile phones and the like. Such people-facing devices are generic in their intended function but are architecturally similar. IoT devices, conversely, are diverse architecturally but tend to be function-built for a narrow outcome. 

While IoT devices often support human input, their main purpose is to act autonomously. Many IoT devices thus lack the horsepower to support software agents to help automate device security. And yet, because IoT devices interface with the physical world, IoT security issues can potentially cause physical harm Read more