Cybersecurity top concern for corporate IoT deployments: BlackBerry

By Anuj Sharma - October 17, 2017
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Organisations are least prepared against external threats, with nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) citing hackers and cyberwarfare as top concerns. Seventy-eight percent of respondents indicated interest....

Cybersecurity is the “top” concern regarding digital technologies and processes. However, only a little over one-third (37 per cent) actually have a formal digital transformation strategy in place, said a research by Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry.

Organisations are least prepared against external threats, with nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) citing hackers and cyberwarfare as top concerns.

Thirty-nine percent of respondents from very large organisations (more than 10,000 employees) revealed that a lack of collaboration among internal departments is a potential barrier to unified endpoint management, while 51 per cent of mid-sized organizations felt the same way.

Seventy-eight percent of respondents indicated interest in a solution that allows them to manage all their endpoints in one place.

BlackBerry announced findings from a new global research whitepaper, which surveyed IT decision makers on corporate IoT deployments. Conducted by 451 Research, the whitepaper titled, “Securing the Enterprise of Things: Opportunity for securing IoT with a unified platform emerging as IoT popularity grows,” reveals that huge opportunities are balanced against significant cybersecurity concerns.

“The proliferation of IoT is being led by enterprises, and they continue to require a unified endpoint management strategy that is capable of scaling to handle billions of connected devices,” said Marty Beard, Chief Operating Officer, BlackBerry.

“We are focused on securing the EoT because for all its promise, the expanding adoption of connected things means that companies are only as secure as their most vulnerable endpoint,” Beard added.

 

 

 

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