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As a society, we鈥檙e rushing into the Internet of Things (IoT) at a breakneck pace, applying it to anything and everything we can think of鈥攃ars, planes, and trains, pacemakers, light bulbs, baby monitors, homes, offices, factories, nuclear power plants, electric grids, even children鈥檚 dolls.

If something can be connected, we鈥檙e connecting it. The only trouble is, we鈥檙e moving to IoT faster than our ability to secure it. And IoT is not like traditional IT. It鈥檚 far more vulnerable to attack. If cyber attackers get control of one of your systems, they can do far more than steal emails and credit card numbers.

They can make the 鈥渢hings鈥� in the Internet of Things go wrong. Pick something in IoT, and then imagine what would happen if foreign countries, cyber criminals鈥攐r just hackers looking for attention鈥攈ad their way with it.

We're simply not ready.

It鈥檚 like learning how to become a trapeze artist without a net, without even knowing what the net would look like. But there鈥檚 no going back. As a society, we鈥檙e not going to say, 鈥淭ime out, let鈥檚 spend the next three years figuring out how to secure IoT, then we can jump back into it.鈥�

That鈥檚 not going to happen. Our headlong charge into IoT is nonstop. No one wants to miss the opportunities IoT has to offer, the new products, the new efficiencies, the promise of 鈥渟mart鈥� everything. No one wants to be left behind.

And here鈥檚 the rub: If you move into IoT too fast, before you鈥檝e secured it, and something does go wrong 鈥� let鈥檚 say, wrong enough to make headlines 鈥� then everything you鈥檙e trying to do with IoT will unravel. IoT is built on trust, and if people don鈥檛 trust you, forget it.

IoT is here, and the last thing you want to do is slow down. So the question is, Can you be in the forefront of IoT and be reasonably safe at the same time? Is it even possible?

The short answer is yes.

But 鈥� and there is a but 鈥� you鈥檒l have to work hard at it. You鈥檒l have to do some serious thinking and planning.

It can be done. This field guide will show you how.