IoT Security Within Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Companies

Digitization of production is on the strategic agenda of many companies across the globe. The term IoT (Internet of Things) is meanwhile common for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Along with the technical innovations, especially in the environment of cloud based IoT solutions, the topic of IoT security is gaining outstanding importance. This paper presents a pre-study and investigation of the experience, awareness, activities, and knowledge regarding IoT security among SMEs. Despite of the limited numbers of respondents (29) the results of the research show that while SMEs are aware of IoT security threats, they also lack the knowledge to protect themselves against all possible attack vectors.