Barr Groups 2018 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey Reveals an Internet of Insecure Things
Summary
Based on survey data from 2018 as well as results from prior years, the embedded industry is showing modest improvement when it comes to making security a design consideration during product development, rising six percentage points from 2016 to today’s 67 percent.Barr Group provides services for the automotive, medical, defense, industrial controls, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT) markets.Based on survey data from 2018 as well as results from prior years, the embedded industry is showing modest improvement when it comes to making security a design consideration during product development, rising six percentage points from 2016 to today’s 67 percent.However, with 33 percent of all embedded engineers and 22 percent of engineers designing internet-connected devices still neglecting to focus on security during product design, the IoT continues to be an “Internet of Insecure Things.”“Prioritizing security in every internet-connected embedded device is essential to maintaining the integrity of the IoT,” said Barr Group CTO Michael Barr.Barr Group provides services for the automotive, medical, defense, industrial controls, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT) markets.