Security always lags behind technology adoption, and few technologies have seen growth as explosive as the Internet of Things. Cisco estimates the number of connected devices will surpass 50 billion by 2020. Attacks on IoT devices rose by 600% in 2017, reflecting both security vulnerabilities and the value of the targets. The unique threat landscape requires a novel security approach based on the latest advances in network and artificial intelligence (AI) security. Fittingly, IoT security solutions must lean on the same number of devices a number of smartphones for smartphones.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/iot-security-s-coming-of-age-is-overdue