Dan Geer Keynote: Security of Things Forum

Dr. Dan Geer warns that the growth of long‑lived, hard‑to‑patch embedded devices and deployment monocultures in the Internet of Things creates a systemic risk that greatly amplifies malware and APT threats; he analyzes firmware/auto‑update trust issues, IPMI and router vulnerabilities, cites Conficker and a Linksys worm as examples, and argues the only realistic mitigation is reducing dangerous dependence rather than relying solely on post‑hoc fixes.