Big data security needed as 80% of devices ‘at risk’

An entirely new approach to internet security is needed to protect businesses and consumers as new research suggests up to 80% of connected devices are vulnerable to malicious attacks and data breaches.

Research by Irish company AdaptiveMobile found 80% of devices are at risk. This shows the need for ‘big security’ to be introduced to accommodate the huge projected growth in the internet-of-things, it says.

Current security solutions won’t be strong enough to facilitate such an explosion in the number of devices, according to AdaptiveMobile’s chief technology officer Ciaran Bradley.