The Internet of Things: Risks & Mitigation Strategies

This report provides a high-level overview of IoT/IoMT, highlighting how connected devices expand the attack surface and enable threats such as botnets/DDoS, data leaks via on‑path attacks, eavesdropping, and lateral movement. It recommends practical defenses—asset inventory, trusted procurement, strong unique passwords, MFA, regular patching, network segmentation, and a Zero Trust posture—and promotes ThreatLocker’s Network Control, Storage Control, and Ringfencing to restrict unauthorized connections, protect data stores, and limit application behaviors.