From: FCW
By Sean Lyngaas
The interconnectivity of the Internet of Things (IOT) leaves public and private computer systems essentially indefensible, and no amount of security guidance can provide salvation.
That’s the sobering assessment of a top analyst at the National Institute of Standards and Technology — the agency responsible for providing such guidance. Federal officials can implement as many security controls as they want, said Ron Ross, a fellow in NIST’s Computer Security Division, and hackers will still “have a slice of that pie that will always be accessible because there are things that are off our radar due to their complexity,”
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