This content is part of the Essential Guide: A comprehensive guide to enterprise IoT project success
Evaluate Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

Top Internet of Things privacy and security concerns

4/6

Data ownership and value heat up IoT data debate

Source:  Twitter
Designer: Linda Koury/TechTarget

Is all data created equal?

During our discussion on IoT privacy and security, Apperian Inc. chief marketing officer Mark Lorion suggested that not all IoT data requires the same degree of security. For example, medical, financial or even geographic data likely requires a higher level of security than pedometer data or the like. Hacking an IoT-enabled insulin pump can seriously endanger the physical safety of a user, whereas hacking a FitBit cannot.

Brian Katz, director of EUC Mobility Strategy at VMware, responded to Lorion by further stressing the idea that not all data is created equal -- especially when it comes to IoT data:

Who owns the (IoT) data?

Letting users decide what their data is worth helps put control back in their hands, but is it their data to control? Does the organization capturing or storing the data have a right to it? Participants -- including Forrester analyst Tyler Shields -- debated the subject of data ownership:

Forrester analyst Eve Maler put it differently when speaking to SearchCIO about companies' data ownership expectations: "It's as though companies are automatically granted access to consumers' personal data by virtue of their privileged position, versus consumers controlling the information that is sharable."

For further discussion on who owns the economic value of user-generated data, check out SearchCIO's coverage of Uber's updated privacy policy.

View All Photo Stories
CIO
Security
Networking
Data Center
Data Management
Close