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Data storage has undergone a huge shift over the last decade, and an explosion of information driven by inter-device connectivity is creating similarly transformative waves in networking and security.

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Security threats represent the biggest obstacle to Internet of Things adoption, and Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco face daunting challenges as cloud and IoT platform holders.

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Cisco estimates the current number of connected devices to be roughly 10 billion, and expects 50 billion connected devices and sensors in 2020.

Sharing data between new devices presents huge analytics opportunities, but the data needs to be funneled and protected to reduce the potential for misuse.

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New IoT devices open new security challenges, but the biggest vulnerabilities will likely be found on networks.



Application programming interfaces (APIs) from IoT platform holders enable devices and software to interact, but a lack of standardization across networks and APIs leads to vulnerabilities.



Gartner estimates that more than 25% of enterprise security attacks will involve IoT connections by 2020, and threat growth is expected to outstrip security spending.



IoT will account for just 10% of IT security spending in 2020 according to Gartner.

Platforms holders have to build in preparation for the IoT data boom.

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Vulnerabilities for IoT data have potentially severe implications.

Multi-layered protection is needed.

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Network segmentation helps wall off information, and will be one of the keys to making the Internet of Things secure.



Digital walls can function as detection points and regulate what data comes and goes, but they also need to learn in order to keep up with threats.



Amazon, Microsoft, and Cisco are looking to improve network segmentation capabilities through internal development and acquisitions, and stand to gain competitive advantages from strength in this area, but there's likely an even more important key to making interoperability a reality.

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Even with improvements in threat detection, the different network standards employed by IoT devices and platforms will proliferate vulnerabilities.

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Information needs to be movable between public and private clouds and local networks, but doing this securely requires greater standardization.

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IoT is already prompting a wave of collaborations, but greater cooperation could still be needed to reduce the security issue.



Authentification standards would greatly reduce the IoT security threat, but the wide range of competing interests involved makes standardization a challenge.



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