Until recently, only computers were connected to the Internet. Today, they are accompanied in the Web by mobile devices, building automation components, and even white goods. Ironically, the more crowded and livelier it gets, the less secure it is, as a certain casino in Las Vegas has painfully found out. A vulnerability in the system, which allowed hackers to steal customer data, turned out to be… an intelligent, Wi-Fi connected thermometer in the aquarium! Protection in the Internet of Things area is a slippery slope. Fortunately, with the help of Extreme Defender for IoT, we are now coming up with a new solution!
One of the areas that requires top-notch IoT protection is undoubtedly the healthcare sector. Unidentified intrusion and access to medical devices is far more dangerous than a leak of personal data. After all, in this case, human health and life are directly at stake. For example, a potential hacker can change the dosage of medicines in an infusion pump! Nowadays, devices in hospitals are often equipped with obsolete, insecure, outdated or complicated software. The cure for these ailments lies in Extreme Defender for IoT, which fits between the device and the network to which the device is to be connected.
Extreme Defender for IoT is based on two out of the three main pillars of Extreme Networks technology: Smart OmniEdge and Automated Campus. With built-in firewall protection tailored to the medical equipment you want to protect, it provides the minimum necessary access for your devices to the Web and vice versa. Like white blood cells, the defender detects and eliminates any abnormality. For example, if a CT scan never uses a USB port or does not send or receive e-mails, and such a situation takes place all of the sudden, Extreme Defender for IoT will intervene to block the operation and send an alert to the network operator.
Extreme Defender for IoT consists of hardware, access points and ExtremeCloud Appliance. The latter is a necessary element that allows you to manage switches and a small wireless network, which also features a system of access control and an option to add new functions (such as applications that are the last component of the Defender for IoT).
What will you find out during Webinar?
- How the Defender for IoT platform secures terminal systems without security mechanisms or with limited security mechanisms.
- How to manage the growing number of IoT devices in your network so that they are neither exposed to threats nor do they create them.
- How Defender for IoT works in a network of any manufacturer – how it protects IoT devices, providing segmentation and IPSec tunneling without the need to modify the network infrastructure.
Join Kirill Zhukov in the next Extreme Networks webinar on innovative technologies and see how the latest IoT protection system works!