As the US Government Accountability Office warns, “internet-connected technologies can improve services, but face risks of cyberattacks.” The use of IoT devices and operational technology (OT) generates new attack surfaces that can expose an organization’s critical infrastructure to hackers and other threat actors. Building access gadgets, badge readers, fuel usage and route monitors (for vehicle fleets), and apps that connect to the enterprise IT infrastructure create, among others, can be targeted by hackers to compromise not only the devices but the entire network.

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