Symantec: How We're Securing The Internet Of Things

Security specialists offer a 'Unified Strategy' to make sure our connected world remains safe

by Michael Moore - Tech Week Europe, Aug. 25, 2015 – 

Symantec has revealed it is securing more than one billion connected devices worldwide, protecting everything from cars, medical devices, industrial control systems, and countless consumer electronics from becoming hacked, tracked and electronically hijacked.

The new approach covers areas such as authentication, device security, analytics and management tools that will allow developers and manufacturers to stay on their guard at all times.

This includes the company's Embedded Critical Systems Protection service, which locks down the software embedded in IoT devices to protect against zero-day attacks and other kinds of breaches.

Next frontier

"As IoT innovation and adoption continues to grow, so has the opportunity for new cyber security risks," explained Shankar Somasundaram, Symantec's senior director of IoT security.

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