The Looming Cybersecurity Threat at the Industrial IoT Edge


The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has transformed how industries operate, delivering efficiencies and insights previously unimaginable.

Businesses across manufacturing, logistics, energy, and supply-chain sectors are now rapidly connecting legacy factory equipment, RFID-enabled assets, and operational technologies to cloud-based analytics platforms. But as companies accelerate their adoption of these powerful technologies, they’re opening the door to a growing and often overlooked security crisis. Simply put, the industrial edge, where legacy equipment interfaces directly with modern cloud services, has become a new and urgent cybersecurity battleground.

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Source: RFID Journal


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