According to Gartner the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in use globally will reach 21 billion by 2010-- bringing about an opportunity in network policy updates handling such an onslaught.
"Having embraced a bring-your-own-device strategy, organizations must now get employee devices on the enterprise network and start addressing the 21bn IoT devices that we project will want access to the enterprise network," the analyst says. "Whether a video surveillance camera for a parking lot, a motion detector in a conference room or the HVAC for the entire building, the ability to identify, secure and isolate all IoT devices-- and in particular "headless" devices-- is more difficult to manage and secure.
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