The Internet Of Threats
HWM Malaysia|August 2017

Ryan Flores, Senior Manager, Forward-Looking Threat Research, Trend Micro, Asia Pacific.

 
Koh Wanzi
The Internet Of Threats

What are your thoughts on the state of the IoT industry today?

IoT devices comprise a very fast-moving and emerging market. By fast, I mean that a lot of players are constantly entering the market, and you end up with a very crowded space where ideas just keep coming and people try to bring their product to market as quickly as possible.

But because of this rapid product cycle and the perceived need to keep up, a large part of the design process for IoT devices ends up being focused more on function rather than security, so we end up with a lot of unsecured devices being shipped.

What sorts of threats does the growing web of unsecured IoT devices pose?

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