White Papers in Endpoint Security > Internet of Things Security

The Weaponization of IoT Devices

Threat actors use botnets - networks of infected computers - for various cybercriminal purposes, most significantly distributed denial of service attacks against predefined targets. Today, botnets with distributed denial of services (DDoS) capabilities are even for sale on the Dark Web. How has this threat...

A Holistic Approach to Identity and Authentication

Read this guide to learn about easy-to-use, hard-to-lose security for any organization that requires the ultimate protection for their data and assets.

Come Clean With Your Cyber Hygiene

Companies add tool after tool to secure their data, systems, and users. But instead of increased security, they're left with misconfigured, repetitive, or siloed tools and little visibility and control over their environments. This leads to poor cyber hygiene and creates severe security vulnerabilities, especially as...

Mobility and the Government Challenge: Empowering a Mobile Federal Workforce

Federal government agencies face unique cybersecurity risks, and as a result they often place tight restrictions on mobile devices in the workplace. But perhaps it's time to loosen these restrictions because they are negatively impacting missions, recruitment and retention. There are consequences of cutting back or...

Reducing Risks from IoT Devices in an Increasingly Connected World

With the rise of automation, remote access, and the ever-expanding Internet of Things (IoT), IT and OT teams are collaborating at an unprecedented rate to strengthen organizational network security. Business operations that rely on machinery and physical processes are no longer disconnected from the world. With a...

SANS Review | Device Visibility and Control: Streamlining IT and OT Security

Device visibility remains a daunting challenge for the modern enterprise. Forescout provides a multifaceted information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) platform designed to solve visibility challenges for the modern enterprise by providing complete device discovery and classification, risk assessment,...

Internet of Medical Things (IoMT): Disrupting the Future Strategy of Healthcare

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has disrupted the future strategy of healthcare organizations and market segments. Security breaches have become a major concern for providers, and with the increase in high-profile hacks and hospitals' growing dependence on IoMT devices, cybersecurity is of absolutely critical...

A Guide to Managing Dynamic Workforce Risk

Shifting demographics and digital transformation drive the risk associated with today's dynamic workforce.Gallup estimates nearly one in three U.S. workers already participate in the gig economy in some capacity. They create a revolving door of joiners, movers and leavers for IT and IAM teams to manage and they...

IoMT and Cybersecurity: What You Need to Know

Discover why medical devices, legacy systems and IoT in healthcare are this year's biggest security threats. The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) has disrupted the future strategy of healthcare organizations and market segments as we know it. Security breaches have become a major concern for providers, and with...

Machine Identity Protection for Dummies eBook

Businesses spend billions each year on identity and access management, but almost all of this money is spent on protecting the digital identities of humans - usernames and passwords. On the other hand, businesses spend almost nothing on protecting machine identities, even though our entire digital economy hinges...

2019 Predictions: Machine Learning, IT Operations, Security & IoT

When examining a data-driven future, embracing new developments around artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), IT operations, security and IoT is key. The goal: to generate positive outcomes from your data. Pulling together insights from thousands of customer and our dedicated research teams, our...

A CISO's Guide to Protecting Your Business from DDoS Outages

With the explosion of poorly secured IoT devices being regularly herded into larger and larger botnets, it's hardly a surprise that DDoS attacks are now so common and damaging. What is surprising, is that many companies still lack adequate protection against these attacks, especially in an era when Internet...

Security Pros and Cons on Different Cloud Types: SANS Analysis

As cloud computing services evolve, the cloud opens up entirely new ways for potential attacks. Cloud systems and images have operating system and component vulnerabilities just like those in the enterprise. For example, Heartbleed, Shellshock and other major bugs can affect cloud systems, and there are new issues to...

IoT Security: What Are Your Hidden Challenges?

ForeScout commissioned Forrester Consulting to see if organizations can adequately and accurately secure their networks with the rise of IoT-connected devices. While 76% agreed that they are rethinking their security strategies due to IoT security concerns, risk tolerance with IoT is shockingly high as well. View the...

Know your IoT Security Risk: How Hackable is Your Smart Enterprise?

Industry attention has narrowed in on the threat of commonly known IoT devices and their potential safety implications to the home, but there is as much - if not more - to consider when exploring IoT threats in the enterprise. Research into seven common enterprise IoT devices revealed that their core technologies,...