Industry report: Smaller firms are better prepared for IoT threats

Small and midsize businesses are exerting more effort to secure against cyber threats to Internet of Things devices than larger organizations, according to a new research paper by security firm Pwnie Express.

The report found that 41 percent of IT security professionals at companies with more than 1,000 employees did not know the kinds of cyber attacks that hit their IoT devices in the past year, while only 25 percent of small business IT professionals were unaware of the...