Report highlights connected device security trends and threats during COVID
Ordr released its annual report on the state of connected devices titled, “Rise of the Machines 2021: State of Connected devices – IT, IoT, IoMT and OT.” The 2021 study addresses pandemic-related cybersecurity challenges, including the growth of connected devices and related increase of security risks from these devices as threat actors took advantage of chaos to launch attacks.
The study incorporates security risk and trend analysis of anonymized data for the past 12 months (June 2020 through June 2021) across the company’s 500+ deployments in healthcare, life sciences, retail, and manufacturing verticals.