Why a layered defense is not adequate for protecting networks
Every day we witness breaches and hacked devices at some of the largest corporations. We know from our experience that many of these firms are using a layered defense to protect their networks. What ends up happening however is that these same organizations forget about embedded systems (IoT devices as an example) that get installed on the network and never get patched (basically they are forgotten because they are not a PC or Server asset). Many times these systems are in ma