Beyond Smart Homes: Characterizing IoT Vulnerabilities Across Sectors, Vendors, and Products
A cross-sector empirical study maps IoT vulnerabilities in industrial, healthcare, and smart-city domains, giving enterprises an evidence base to prioritise patching and CRA compliance beyond consumer devices.
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arXiv:2610.42032v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Internet of Things (IoT) has expanded beyond consumer smart homes to sectors, such as industrial systems, healthcare, and smart cities, broadening the IoT attack surface. Prior empirical work has focused on studying aggregate IoT vulnerability characteristics or specific protocols, so patching is directed by aggregate security guidance. However, if dominant weaknesses differ substantially across sectors or products, such uniform guidance misdi
Editorial Analysis
As the CRA mandates security-by-design for connected products, cross-sector IoT vulnerability data helps enterprises benchmark their exposure and focus remediation budgets.
Cross-reference the study's vendor and product vulnerability findings with your IoT asset inventory to identify high-risk categories requiring accelerated patching.
Empirical data on IoT vulnerabilities across industrial and healthcare sectors can sharpen board-level investment decisions on connected-product security.
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