Some 20.8 billion things could be connected to the internet by 2020, research firm Gartner says. Security pros say the DDoS attack on Dyn was merely a nuisance compared to the potential damage caused by billions of unsecure IoT devices. Security experts and IT managers have been calling for security to be built into device designs for decades, just as they had in the past for technology innovations ranging from the Web, to mobility and cloud computing, and now IoT. Some security pros believe that Congress should get involved to develop regulations and oversight over device manufacturing.”]
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