Experts say robots will be commonplace in 10 years. Security issues with Internet-based control of robots will grow as the number of robots and connections grow. The Internet of Robotic Things challenges security with loss of control, says James Ryan. Once IoT is deployed, it is harder and harder to update and patch it, says Ryan. The ‘patch and pray’ mentality that we see inside many organizations won’t work here, says Ryan. We cannot protect laptops today. What makes us think we can protect robots?”]

