As the need for digital transformation continues, IoT development and adoption for both enterprises and consumers are also on the rise. One of the main challenges in allowing multiple device connectivity is cybersecurity. Here are the challenges enterprises are facing when ensuring security for their IoT connections.

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IOT SECURITY CHALLENGES
Survey done by the GSMA intelligence Enterprise IoT Survey
Primary Security Challenge when Deploying IoT
Limited
Budget
Lack of In-House
Security Skills
Envolving
Regulations
Lack of Appropriate
Security Tools
Difficulty to Encrypt
and Authenticate Data
Changing
Processes
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
Advisory services to help enterprises
identify risks
Security metrics for monitoring and
responding to risks
Operators have an opportunity to help enterprises become resilient
by offering:
expect security investment and
security-based SLAs to be important
to long-term revenue success.
2 out of 3 Operators