Computers on Wheels/Walls: Updates Needed!!!
Cars are rolling computers... (https://www.wired.com/story/cars-are-now-rolling-computers-so-how-long-will-they-get-updates-automakers-cant-say/?utm_source=pocket_shared)
This striking article by Aarial Marshall, uncovers a looming crisis in the automotive world: modern cars, now “computers on wheels," are losing vital software support as outdated networks like 3G are shut down. As a result, drivers are left without essential services such as remote start and emergency assistance, highlighting a major flaw in the industry's adaptation to rapid technological changes - software updates!.
However, imagine if we had to worry about so many more “connected things” in our lives (home and office) that are "complex computers on the wall" waiting for updates that may never happen!?
In the enterprise world, there are 000s of devices that are outside the traditional IT control, that never get updated.?
Because:
Is this a ticking time bomb? Whose neck is on the line? Who becomes liable in case something bad happens?
In a subsequent post we will talk about what enterprises are doing, and will share the discipline of gaining visibility and performing basic cyberhygiene activities
But if one had to call out, scream attention through # tags, here is the population to be covered…?
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3 个月One of the reasons the manufacturer and the user hesitate updates is due to risk that something stops working when an update is done without proper testing (still hungover from the Crowdstrike episode?). In the example of automobiles switching from 3G, both the hardware and software needs updates - making it an expensive and time-consuming proposition that none of the involved parties are optimized to do.