{"id":3066,"date":"2018-05-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/getting-grounded-in-iot-networking-and-security\/"},"modified":"2018-05-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T10:00:00","slug":"getting-grounded-in-iot-networking-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/getting-grounded-in-iot-networking-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting grounded in IoT networking and security"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The internet of things already consists of nearly triple the number of devices as there are people in the world, and as more and more of these devices creep into enterprise networks it\u2019s important to understand their requirements and how they differ from other IT gear.<\/p>\n

The major difference is that so far they are designed with little or no thought to security. That stems from having comparatively little memory and compute power to support security but also because often they are designed with time-to-market, price and features as top considerations to the exclusion of security.<\/p>\n