
Keeping IoT devices from compromising the cybersecurity of physical security systems
Editor’s note: This is the 56th article in the “Real Words or Buzzwords?” series about how real words can become empty words and stifle technology progress.
The Real Words or Buzzword series focuses on terms that – in the physical security industry – are commonly misused, misunderstood, incorrectly defined or aren’t broadly enough known and thus don’t shape our thinking in the ways they should.
The term IoT is well-known and well-understood, because it simply means all the “things” that are connected to the Internet that are not general purpose computing/networking devices, but rather are purpose-built devices that operate autonomously without an Internet connection.
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