As many as 90 percent of respondents across Europe are very aware of the risks of IoT devices and dont trust them from a security point of view. A top fear among 65 percent of consumers was that security risks would let a hacker access into their infrastructure to control their IoT devices, while 60 percent named data theft as a top-of-mind problem. As little as 14 percent were confident they are knowledgeable about device security to come up with security mechanisms that would protect them. Security by design is the most effective approach to mitigate against a breach.”]

