As the Internet of Things has developed and boomed , little thought has been given to security , with a report , predicting that security measures are years away from being effective . Of the top ten security predictions for 2016 , CRN revealed yesterday that one is a major security problem regarding devices , citing multiple high - profile security examples over the past year , including cars and children 's toys . It warns that millions more devices are entering the market with many of them without any security built in .
As the Internet of Things has developed and boomed, little thought has been given to security, with a report, predicting that security measures are years away from being effective. Of the top ten security predictions for 2016, CRN revealed yesterday that one is a growing security problem regarding IoT, citing multiple high-profile hack examples over the past year, including cars and children's toys. It warns that millions more devices are entering the market with majority of them without any security built in.