Describe aIot Devices Vulnerability.
OverviewWrite a multi-page essay consisting of a minimum one and a half pages of body text on the topic below. Additional pages containing the conclusion, abstract, title-page, and references in APA style should be included, but do not count towards the one and a half pages required. Turn in your Final Paper in MS-Word format.InstructionsTopic: IoT VulnerabilitiesOn most home computers, users often have virus checkers, malware checkers, firewalls and other guardian programs to protect their information all working together. However, now that the Internet of Things (IoT) has become popular we have almost everything in our homes connected to the internet. These devices often haven’t had the production costs or research and development to cover the complexities of security. Worse yet, one cannot go and install security on these devices like they would their own computer. Often one can use the address of the IoT but not put a password into the device or upgrade it to new software. One might ask what the use is of highly protecting your computer if a thermostat for instance can be hacked. Then someone could use that launching point to monitor your network and potentially take passwords or act on hardware. Recently certain refrigerator thermostats were found to be hackable from the internet. If this happened, then hospital supplies could be destroyed. The same thermostats were found in stores allowing food to be destroyed from remote locations.Researching and thinking about IoT, write your essay with the help of the following questions below. Use only the questions you wish to build an informative paper and be sure to extend the topic yourself.What are some products that qualify as IoT items that are now of concern? How many of them are there or will there be in the future? Sure, there is a password for your home network but, how do you change the password – if at all on your smart TV?What steps are companies doing to mitigate IoT hacking or stop IoT from bringing their own malware? If your IoT was hacked how would you know as an administrator?What IoT is in your home? Are there IoT devices that are “more” protected security-wise than others? What are some of the weakest and what are some of the strongest at the moment?
