{"id":88008,"date":"2024-06-10T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forescoutstage.wpengine.com\/?p=88008"},"modified":"2024-06-26T18:54:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T01:54:55","slug":"what-are-the-riskiest-connected-devices-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forescout.com\/blog\/what-are-the-riskiest-connected-devices-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the riskiest connected devices right now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By 2028, connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices\u00a0will expand<\/a>\u00a0to over 25 billion. Yet, today\u2019s connected devices are raising the stakes for assessing risk and managing cybersecurity. They have significantly expanded the attack surface creating new challenges and vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

The need for accurate, rapid information from systems across every industry is essential for business operations. From the electric power grid to electrocardiograms, connected devices monitor our health, report changes in conditions or trigger automated actions.<\/p>\n

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Riskiest Connected Devices in 2024 \u2013 IT, IoT, OT, IoMT<\/h4>\n

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Robots on assembly lines. IP cameras monitoring the physical security of nuclear power plants. Wireless access points and routers in offices, cafes and airports. Medical devices in hospitals. They help improve business outcomes and streamline efficiencies. Everything is connected and serves a purpose.<\/p>\n

Business purpose, however, does not replace the need for secure and safe experiences. \u00a0In fact, we see a proliferation of special purpose operating systems (OS) \u2013 in the range of 2,500 across all vertical industries<\/strong>. As valuable as each one of these OSes is to its industry, managing the security of them can be a nightmare.<\/p>\n

You do not need to look much further than some of the latest ransomware attacks in healthcare<\/a> and in critical infrastructure<\/a> to understand how connected assets are principal door openings for bad actors.<\/p>\n

Our latest research<\/a> is a deep dive on the riskiest device categories by technology and within industry verticals \u2014 with a global perspective. This is our fourth annual report on asset risk. We have been tracking connected device risk for the last five years in our customer data lake which includes 19 million devices.<\/p>\n

Riskiest connected devices: What has changed in 2024?<\/h2>\n

There are certain device and system categories that always land on our annual report. Programmable logic controllers. VoIP equipment. They are here again because these technologies are either inherently insecure or because security configurations are simply ignored.<\/p>\n

We have identified the five riskiest device types in four device categories: IT, IoT, OT and IoMT \u2014 for a total of 20 device types. Out of these 20 types, 11 were included in the 2023 report and remain on the list. Nine device types are new: wireless access points, hypervisors, NVRs, robotics \u2014 and every device in the IoMT category.<\/p>\n

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Out of these nine, four were included in the 2022 list and returned while four are completely new: NVR, robotics, medical information systems, electrocardiographs and medication dispensing systems.<\/p>\n

Here are some key takeaways for 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n