If you’re currently using IoT devices to manage location and tasks, be sure to check out how secure they actually are.
Why? Because, sadly, cyberattacks are becoming more common. Partly, because of the rise of AI, meaning cyberattacks are becoming easier to carry out, too. Particularly, healthcare IoT devices are being targeted, with attacks increasing by 123% year over year.
Cyberattacks are also reasonably expensive for victims to remedy, with the average cost to medium and large businesses being approximately £10,830 in the UK. Putting financial cost aside, reputational damage to your brand and erosion of trust with customers could be beyond repair, leaving your business in a very risky situation
One solution to help prevent the exploitation of IoT devices, seems to be embedding security into the design phase of IoT systems (security by design). Did you know, access to many IoT devices is actually unencrypted? Leaving your network vulnerable to cyberattack and your business at very real risk of financial, and reputational damage.
This enormous, unencrypted gap in network security allows criminals to potentially access your network through something as inconspicuous as a smart thermostat, or a smart lighting system.
However, this is not how Sense’s real time location system works.
Sense IoT devices use their own “mesh”, meaning that:
- Access to Sense IoT devices isn’t freely available to anyone who wants it
- Encryption protects devices from unwanted access, so only authenticated users can gain access to devices.
- Your other networks are separate to Sense
- The Sense platform is deployed as a standalone system, with the capability to integrate with third party devices if needed
- Sense’s real time location system doesn’t need to be signed into your WiFi to be able to run
- No physical servers required on site
- Data is sent to the cloud via LTE-M where there is an additional layer of security to access the cloud
- It’s considerably more difficult for hackers to carry out a cyberattack
- The layer of encryption on Sense’s network and the separation from your other systems means Sense RTLS protects you better than other unencrypted devices which run on your main network.
When using a system that has these protections in place, you can be confident you’re taking the necessary steps to protect your systems and devices from hackers. And by reducing the risk of cyberattack, you’re protecting your data, and your customers. Also, you’re helping to mitigate the risk of financial cost or reputational damage to your business. If you’d like to learn more about Sense RTLS, speak to one of our consultants to discuss your requirements and get a personalised demonstra
