Solutions: Locking Up IoT From The Vendor Perspective

Lastly, Symantec offers tips for IoT vendors, reminding them that they may not have thought through the unintended consequences of IoT and the problems it may create.

“For IoT devices such as smoke alarms, it is also crucial that the vendor has considered what happens when there is a power outage or the network gets jammed. Will the user be notified or will the malfunctioning safety device go unnoticed?”

That said, the Symantec report reads, in part, like a manifesto warning to the industry of the IoT’s tricks and traps. But, it also reads like a laundry list of unfortunate headlines we may see in the years ahead.