Securing connections in the cloud and across IoT devices

As today’s highly competitive and hyper-connected digital marketplace is driving new trends in networking and security, including the rapid adoption of cloud services and IoT devices, Jonathan Nguyen-Duy, Vice President, Global Field CISO Team, Fortinet, explains the importance of securing IoT and cloud connections.

The hyper-connected, global marketplace of the 21st century has shifted the landscape for networking and security. Two prevalent trends in this area — cloud adoption and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) — are seemingly two different components of Digital Transformation, with separate purposes and scope. However, they actually work together, fuelling one another in the digital ecosystem. This symbiotic relationship has important implications when it comes to deploying, using and securing cloud services and the IoT.

As the number of IoT devices grows, so does the amount of data they generate. This is in addition to the massive stores of data that are already being amassed by businesses, governments and even individuals – data that must be collected, processed, mined and stored. Take, for example, the use of sensors in warehouses where inventory can be tracked. This technology provides managers with essential data on purchasing trends so they are better equipped to manage inventory, especially on fast-selling items. Similar devices in retail locations provide information not just about inventory, but everything from temperatures in refrigeration units to customer purchasing trends.

IoT sensors installed on manufacturing equipment provide production managers with critical information. Environmental data from these sensors signal evidence of wear and tear on expensive equipment, alerting managers about maintenance before that equipment fails and costs the organisation millions of dollars in lost productivity.

As a result of these and other use cases, organisations are finding that in order to keep up with the massive amounts of data they are amassing, they need to act fast and build out their data management resources. For many, this comes in the form of a standard, two-pronged solution: easily scalable cloud data centres and high-performing infrastructures developed to support data mining for critical information.

There are six key considerations when it comes to securing IoT and cloud environments:

1. Robust vulnerability management
2. Compensating controls
3. Encryption
4. Hardened security at the cloud edge
5. Integration and automation
6. Security plus performance

Read more: https://www.intelligentciso.com/2020/08/17/securing-connections-in-the-cloud-and-across-iot-devices/

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