PUBLISHER: Westlands Advisory Ltd | PRODUCT CODE: 1489538
PUBLISHER: Westlands Advisory Ltd | PRODUCT CODE: 1489538
Across all industries, IoT cybersecurity maturity remains relatively low despite some industries being further along than others. The maturity of IoT cybersecurity lags behind the rapid growth in IoT deployments, highlighting the escalating necessity for security measures. As the complexity, scale and scope of IoT deployments evolve, and the growing number of devices expands attack surfaces, security will become increasingly critical. Westlands advisory estimates that expenditure on IoT security in 2023 was $7.3B or 3.7% of the global spend on cybersecurity. By 2030 IoT will make up 5% of expenditure.
Investment is being driven by regulation, weak native device security, device proliferation and growing adversarial interest in IoT devices. Investment is particularly strong in critical national infrastructure (utilities, transportation, and financial sectors) and life critical applications (aerospace, automotive, and healthcare) . A growing focus on critical infrastructure cybersecurity and the rapid adoption of IoT devices in these fields will drive significant growth in highly regulated industries. Accordingly, these are the largest market segments and investment will continue to increase rapidly to 2030.
The rollout of 5G technology is catalysing rapid IoT growth by providing fast, more reliable connectivity thereby facilitating more widespread 'Massive' and 'Critical' IoT deployments. The increasing recognition of data's intrinsic value is further driving IoT adoption as organisations seek to leverage real time insights for improved decision making and operational efficiency. As IoT adoption increases, the number of connected devices is expected to grow, necessitating comprehensive Device Asset Management to effectively handle this expansion. Poor native device security has made these devices particularly weak links in the security of digital deployments. As such there is a growing focus on secure by design and embedded device protection, particularly accelerated by legislative initiatives and national certification schemes aimed at enhancing IoT product security.
By 2030 WA expects IoT cybersecurity maturity to have advanced significantly within the automotive and aerospace industries with transportation and utilities following closely behind. Many organisations will integrate IoT security into their overall cybersecurity strategy as these devices become increasingly integral to their operations and infrastructure. WA also expects far greater native device security as regulation drives investment in secure-by-design practices. Although the scale and scope of IoT adoption and cyber security maturity will vary greatly across industries and geographies, the trend towards greater IoT security awareness and implementation is expected to continue its upward trajectory.
The project focuses on cybersecurity technologies and solutions used to establish trust and security at the device, edge and network level. This does not include security of Virtual Private Clouds, the IoT data residing in the cloud, or IoT applications. Using the Azure IoT Trust Model, the focus of the work includes protection of devices, gateways, networks, and data in transit between the field gateway and the cloud gateway. The professional and managed security services segment includes services related to advising, implementing and monitoring IoT devices and networks which may include the cloud services.