Have you heard of IoT SecOps?
Your SecOps team may be defending the network⦠while risk (literally) walks in through Cameras, Badges and edge devices.
The enterprise is no longer just digital. Itβs cyber-physical.
We know, badges integrate with identity systems. Cameras live on IP networks. Β Sensors, kiosks, HVAC, and controllers sit on corporate VLANs and cloud APIs. The line between cyber and physical security has effectively disappeared.
Yet many SecOps programs still operate as if IT assets are the only assets that matter. Not that they are unaware of the risks of patch coverage but it is not easy to get those edge events in the absence of a robust platform that integrates with the likes of Sentinel, Chronicle etc.,
That gap is fast becoming the new easy perimeter attackers exploit.
For CISOs, CIOs, and SecOps leaders, this changes the mission:
βοΈ Identity must span users, devices, and physical access – not just laptops and servers!
βοΈ IoT and edge devices are part of the attack surface, not just h/w owned by facilities or vendors
βοΈ Detection requires converged signals across network, identity, access control, and device behavior β are you getting those?
βοΈ Incident response must consider physical impact, not just digital containment
βοΈ Posture and compliance must be continuous, not point-in-time at installation
This is what IoT SecOps really means:
βΆοΈ Extending SecOps principles – visibility, monitoring, response, automation, and policy – to the massive, heterogeneous, long-lived device layer that now runs our buildings, hospitals, campuses, factories, and cities.
βΆοΈ Not just securing devices when theyβre deployedβ¦ but operating them securely, continuously, and at scale.
βΆοΈ Because in a cyber-physical world, security isnβt a product you install.
Itβs an operational capability you must sustain – every day.
