According to Gartner, The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects that contain embedded technology to communicate and sense or interact with their internal states or the external environment.
IoT devices represent a huge expansion of the number of network endpoints that must be considered when protecting an entire network. Anything connected to the Internet that isn’t an actual computing device, such as your BluRay player and television, your security camera, and your digital assistant, is an IoT device and another endpoint on the network.
Protecting IoT devices is a layered approach. First, the IoT operating system should be hardened. This comes with good security testing during development. Second, the network to which the IoT connects must also be hardened. The last layer is always the human layer. For instance, many smart TVs now include a web browser. Malicious programs downloaded to your TV can easily spread to other devices connected to the same network.
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