Chapter 9

Lessons Learned—Getting a Better Idea about How to Handle the Risks

Introduction

Awareness that IoT and cyberphysical systems can be possibly turned against you is the first step of action. The next step is to understand how serious the impact of a cyberattack could be, and estimate how likely it is to happen. This information will give your organization a better idea of the level of priority and urgency of applying security measures at different levels. In other words, I am urging you to seriously consider doing a cyberrisk assessment, which considers IoT in its scope.

For most organizations, doing a risk analysis would not be unfamiliar. It is known that most, if not all, management frameworks include risk management as one of their ...

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