Connected device capabilities and adoption are growing exponentially, changing the way we engage with our customers and providing significant operational benefits. The nature of low-cost, IoT devices makes them vulnerable to large-scale, automated attacks.

DevSecOps integrates security into every phase of the DevOps software development life cycle and can be adapted to IoT to bridge the gap between developers and security professionals throughout every stage of the development process to enable organizations to build code faster, more securely and more efficiently.

Businesses have embraced numerous Internet of Things (IoT) devices to automated processes, increase productivity, save money, generate important metrics and more. IoT's hybrid nature, however will increase the attack surface of the environment in which it runs. Organizations must consider what their adoption of and progression to IoT means for their overall risk landscapes, and what to do now to secure their devices.

For years, we've known that Internet of Things (IoT) devices can come under attack as quickly as within five minutes of being connected to the internet. These events include large-scale scanning techniques to exploit IoT devices that are vulnerable to basic attacks such as default credentials. The methods hackers use to exploit these devices should demonstrate the significant threat surface introduced by implementing IoT into any organizations network.