给物联网CEO的安全建议 - How CEOs can tackle the challenge of cybersecurity in the age of the Internet of Things.pptxVIP

How CEOs can tackle the challenge of cybersecurity in the age of the Internet of ThingsHow CEOs can tackle the challenge of cybersecurity in the age of the Internet of ThingsIn the age of the “Internet of Everything”, we are headed for a collision: billions of – often legacy – devices are being brought online, creating new vulnerabilities and headaches for executives. Here are six ways CEOs can take back control and avoid the collision.In the last two decades, we have seen digitization rise to the top of the agenda of executive boards across the globe. As a result, cybersecurity skills and processes in most companies have also advanced – though at a slower pace. The fast growth of the so-called Internet of Things (IoT), however, is changing the game. Cybersecurity is more relevant and challenging than ever, and companies will need to pick up the pace of capability building in this area.Companies are increasingly connecting their devices, products, or production systems, driving rapid growth of the IoT: conventional estimates put the number of connected devices at 20 - 30 billion devices in 2020, up from 10 - 15 billion devices in 2015 (Exhibit 1). The driver behind this is the enormous potential that the IoT has to make a company’s products and services better or improve production efficiency. But this potential also comes with a sharp increase in security risk, taking the challenge of cybersecurity to another level for IoT techno- logy users. To date, risking the confidentiality and integrity of information was a bigger concern than any risk regarding availability. In the IoT world, it is the other way around: lack of availability of key plants or – even worse – tampering with a customer product is the bigger risk. How can CEOs and senior executives hedge against that threat?Exhibit 1: The number of connected devices globally will likely double over just 5 yearsEstimated number of connected devices, including computers and smartphones50% of which will be machine-t