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Barr Group's 2017 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey Reveals Vulnerabilities in the IoT
Barr Group, The Embedded Systems Experts®, has released preliminary
results from its 2017
Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey highlighting
concerning statistics regarding design trends for Internet of Things
(IoT) devices. This year's survey has exposed that many development
teams for IoT applications are not following industry best practices for
designing safe and secure embedded systems, putting all mobile
applications and the entire IoT infrastructure at risk.
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Barr Group's 2017 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey Reveals Vulnerabilities in the IoT (Graphic: Business Wire).
"Embedded systems devices serve as a doorway into the Internet," states
Michael Barr, CTO of Barr Group. "There are a number of
simple-to-perform, well-known software development best practices, such
as version control, code reviews, static analysis, and coding standards,
that have been proven to result in safer and more secure embedded
systems for all devices - including IoT applications. These techniques
are essential to minimizing the risk of tampering or malfunction of any
embedded system."
Barr Group's 2017 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey has revealed
the following statistics:
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9 percent of IoT designers don't keep their source code in a version
control system
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56 percent don't perform regular source code reviews for bugs and
security holes
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60 percent don't use a static analysis tool to check the source code
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25 percent don't have a bug database or other system to track known
issues
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37 percent don't utilize a written coding standard, and others don't
enforce one consistently
"This lack of due diligence during the design process is extremely
concerning. It puts not only the individual IoT device at risk of
tampering, but also jeopardizes the integrity of the entire network,"
continued Barr. "As proven by the Dyn
DDoS cyberattack in 2016, any device that is connected to the
Internet is vulnerable to tampering unless properly designed for maximum
security."
Barr Group will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at
1PM EDT to discuss findings from this year's Barr Group Embedded Systems
Survey. To register for the event, go to http://barrgroup.webinato.com/registration/pid=52571487866632.
For more information about Barr Group, contact [email protected].
About Barr Group Barr Group, The Embedded Systems
Experts®, is an independent provider of world-class product design,
training, and corporate and legal technical consulting services for the
embedded systems industry. Founded by internationally known experts in
the design of safe and secure embedded systems, Barr Group is driven by
its mission to help companies improve the overall reliability and
security of all embedded system-based applications. Applications
strengthened as a result of services and resources provided by Barr
Group include those in the automotive, medical, defense, industrial
controls, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT)
markets. Barr Group has assisted thousands of engineers in the
development of safer, more reliable electronic products through its Embedded
C Coding Standard TM and continues to push the embedded
systems industry forward with the annual release of Barr
Group's Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey TM. For
more information about Barr Group, go to www.barrgroup.com.
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