So, you’ve got sensors, smart tools, maybe a camera or two on the floor. That’s great. But ask yourself this: Are they secure enough that you’d bet a contract on them? Because you probably are. Here are 6 rules we live by when helping clients lock down their IoT setups. 1. Default Credentials Are a Gift to Hackers Change every …

Let me tell you a quick story. A manufacturer we know had a barcode scanner that was Wi-Fi connected. Innocent enough, right? It ran on a little Linux-based OS and talked directly to their ERP. One day, that scanner started talking to China. Turns out it had been hijacked by a botnet. The scanner kept working—but it was siphoning data. …