Cybersecurity Trends to Look out for 2023: the Internet of Threats

Paul Delahunty explains how the interconnections of modern-day devices and networks will pose an ever-increasing cybersecurity problem

In 2023 and beyond, the Internet of Things, or as I like to call it, the Internet of Threats, will continue to be a more integral part of our lives. We are accustomed to thinking of devices such as PCs, phones, Alexa and printers, as connected devices. With the emergence of IoT, almost anything that you can fit a chip into becomes a connected device. For example, your glasses, your car and your phone can all become part of the internet of things.??

The problem from a security point of view is that these things are designed to connect very easily, however, they are not designed with security in mind. When you add devices like this into a network all you are doing is expanding the number of threat vectors or routes a bad guy can take to attack your system.??

There are approximately 30 billion connected devices in the world today. By 2025, just over 2 years from now, that number is expected to increase to 75 billion devices. That is 75 individual attack vectors hackers can use to get to your network. Most of those devices are not secured and that creates a nightmare scenario.??

It is one thing to bring these devices into your home, many companies are also bringing them into the office. This makes them an attractive target for hackers to use because, of course, the rewards are much bigger in a business. Over the next 12 to 18 months and beyond that, as these devices become a more integral part of our lives; I expect them to be fully taken advantage of by hackers.??

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