The public sector is already relatively mature in the use of edge computing in areas such as public safety, but there are significant cyber security concerns, according to a new report.
The vertical-specific report by IDC was commissioned by AT&T and was drawn from related data. AT&T’s 2022 Cybersecurity Insights Report.
“Vendors are defining edges according to their technology stack. Obscurity complicates
The security decision, “the new report concludes,” is that the location of this data, regardless of the length of time it has been there, creates a much broader attack surface for less staffed cyber security teams for years of security. “
The report cites examples of public sector age data ranging from simple traffic lights to red or green, to loud noises on college campuses, to the need for a police notification for a gunshot, to the history of the voting machine. Due to being connected to a network while at a polling station. Public sector data may be targeted by organized criminals and nation-state-sponsored cyber criminals more than any other data type. For example, public or private operators of toll roads may use driver / license plate images to bill users, but then they are obliged to maintain “driver’s image, address associated with the license plate, and prepaid toll bank account number.” This is because “the immutability of the driver’s facial features or the address to which the toll bill goes can become a weapon if this data is leaked or stolen.”
“People are certainly concerned about their effectiveness and operation
Other age computing uses, but government agencies focus on geopolitical implications if any of these higher-used edges are to be used, “the report said, adding that security architects need to be aware of the entire life cycle of the data. To secure it ”, including the protection of raw data collected on the edge, applications that turn data into insights and the final state of data, as well as how it is stored.
Based on a survey as part of the 2022 Comprehensive Cybersecurity Report, AT&T found that the U.S. public sector ranks third in terms of “mature” edge growth and third in terms of mid-level growth. Gun shot detection was considered the “mature” for the public sector in terms of top use, automation of public services (such as smart meters) for high-ranking use that was in mid-stage development.
The survey also discusses the perceived cost and perceived effectiveness of various cyber security solutions, such as passwords, firewalls, multi-factor authentication, and more. Public sector officials tend to see all of their options as too costly and / or ineffective enough – which, the report says, could mean that the public sector is essentially “paying the price without getting the best mix to be the primary recipient.”
Read more from the AT&T 2022 Cybersecurity Insights report Here.
