IoT Security Fact #5: As Data Accumulates, Exposure Issues Will Increase

Published: April 18, 2017, 4:22 p.m.

In this conclusion to the "Five Indisputable Facts about IoT Security" podcast series, we look at Fact #5: As data accumulates, exposure issues will increase. IoT devices are quietly and constantly collecting massive amounts of personal and sensitive data, from audio recordings to GPS locations to heart rate readings. If all this data is not managed, secured and eventually destroyed, the results may lead to loss of privacy and serious issues of data ownership. To learn about all five indisputable facts of IoT security, listen to all the podcasts in this series at bit.ly/2on03cK and view the accompanying infographic at ibm.co/2nwL6oR.