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June 13, 2019

A New Way to Overcome IoT Security Vulnerabilities

IoT devices, such as medical wearables and industrial controls, present significant security challenges, one being the lack of EDR compatibility. A new joint solution from ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions and Seceon now delivers a better way to solve these commercial IoT security vulnerabilities, as well as surgically disrupt and contain intrusions and even giveings MSSPs an edge over the competition with a powerful, differentiated MDR and Rapid Investigative Response solution.

Gartner estimates that by 2020, more than 25% of cyberattacks will involve commercial IoT devices.

Unfortunately,  traditional security tools and approaches such as endpoint detection and response (EDR) applications can’t be deployed on IoT devices since they are usually limited by processing power or memory—or may be completely closed by the vendor. 

Yet the trend of IoT and even “Bring Your Own IoT” (resulting in devices unknown to IT) must be identified, and then policies must be established to determine what applications, systems, and devices they can communicate with. Finally, if an attack does occur, it must be contained so no harm comes to the rest of the organization.

There can be significant consequences to a hacked IoT device:

  •  Successful attacks against a power grid could cripple an entire city.  
  • Attacks against a medical wearable, such as a pacemaker, could mean life or death.

A new IoT security solution

ARIA Cybersecurity Solutionshas developed a solution to overcome these security vulnerabilities presented by IoT devices. By combining our ARIA SDS Packet Intelligence solution with our ARIA ADR solution, we can now provide incredibly powerful IoT security.

For example, the ARIA solution deploys transparently in the network and allows all IoT devices to be detected and monitored by looking through the network data as it flows through each device. ARIA Packet Intelligence successfully classifies this data on the fly without impacting its delivery to allow monitoring of various IoT devices in-network aggregation points that are usually one step back in the wireline network.

New high-value service to differentiate MSSPs  

Additionally, the ARIA SDS solutions gives both enterprises and managed security service providers (MSSPs) a powerful new managed detection and response (MDR) solution capable of stopping more threats within the network. This gives MSSPs valuable new service offerings, so they can better serve their clients—and stand apart from the competition.

Interested in learning more about Internet of Things security, including how this new joint solution overcomes IoT security vulnerabilities while maximizing performance?

 

About ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions 

ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions recognizes that better, stronger, more effective cybersecurity starts with a smarter approach. Our solutions provide new ways to monitor all internal network traffic, while capturing and feeding the right data to existing security tools to improve threat detection and surgically disrupt intrusions. Customers in a range of industries rely on our solutions each and every day to accelerate incident response, automate breach detection, and protect their most critical assets and applications. With a proven track record supporting the Department of Defense and many intelligence agencies in their war on terror, and an award-winning portfolio of security solutions, ARIA Cybersecurity Solutions is committed to leading the way in cybersecurity success.

Tags: cybersecurity, intrusion response, IoT, intrusion detection