We have two cases -
For home devices, even though device manufacturers are responsible, the users need also to be vigilant, but it is hard to make them aware...They are not IT savvy...One easy solution is for the ISPs to watch these devices and make sure no one hijacks them and makes them part of a DDOS network or injects malware into those devices to capture information from other devices at home...ISPs do see all the traffic to/from these devices and it is an easy problem to solve with a monitoring software using some form of applied ML/AI...
In the enterprise setting, putting a close wrapper on these devices at the point of connection on a switch/wireless-access-point is easy with a software driven solution and IT is responsible for it, closely working with the security department and the device management folks...
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We have two cases - For home devices, even though device manufacturers are responsible, the users need also to be vigilant, but it is hard to make them aware...They are not IT savvy...One easy solution is for the ISPs to watch these devices and make sure no one hijacks them and makes them part of a DDOS network or injects malware into those devices to capture information from other devices at home...ISPs do see all the traffic to/from these devices and it is an easy problem to solve with a monitoring software using some form of applied ML/AI... In the enterprise setting, putting a close wrapper on these devices at the point of connection on a switch/wireless-access-point is easy with a software driven solution and IT is responsible for it, closely working with the security department and the device management folks...