Let’s Not Ignore Security in the Internet of Things

The more we talk about the Internet of Things (IoT) the more we have to talk about securing it. Gartner forecasts that by 2020, the IoT will comprise 26 billion devices and will generate incremental revenues of $300 billion, along with some $1.9 trillion in what the researcher describes as “global economic value-add through sales into diverse markets.”

But before we start seeing wireless diapers and connected beer kegs everywhere, there are significan...