It’s not just laptops, phones, and tablets that are capable of connecting to the internet in today’s world. Technology has progressed to such an extent that seemingly ordinary items such as watches, refrigerators, cars, fire alarms, yard tools, ovens, and even toys like Cabbage Patch Kids and Furbys are being hooked to the web. And the variety of such objects available is only expected to increase, as research house Gartner estimates that 6.4 billion consumer connected things are currently in use, with that number to reach 20.8 billion by the year 2020.
Security in the Internet of Things Era
