The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Internet of Things (IoT) Business Index 2020, sponsored by Arm, reveals that IoT adoption has progressed significantly since 2017, both in companies’ internal operations and in their products and services.
But this progress has come in spite of lingering security concerns, both from consumers and companies themselves. Evidently, companies that wish to pursue IoT strategies must reassure both internal and external stakeholders that they can do so securely.
This article, which accompanies the IoT Business Index 2020 report, examines the security challenges that the IoT presents and how companies are building the capabilities to address them.