The Internet of things will connect all manner of devices, including household appliances, to the Internet.
One thing that few vendors have talked about though is security for the Internet of things. At the SecTor security conference in Toronto this week, Ross Barrett, senior manager for Security Engineering at Rapid7, said that from where he sits, security is an afterthought with the Internet of things.
That’s not a good thing.
Read the full story at eWeek:
Internet of Things Could Bring On Attack of the Killer Toaster Botnet
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.