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An X-ray of Modern Networks: Understanding and Mitigating IoT Security Risks

9 FINDINGSPublished Nov 4, 2025
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Key Findings

24% of devices across organizations are classified as part of the extended IoT, including IoT, OT, and IoMT.

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Device DiversityIoTOTIoMT

11% of devices across organizations are classified as network equipment.

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Device DiversityNetwork Equipment

There are 3,200 unique operating system versions observed across organizations, averaging 876 versions per organization.

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Operating Systems

There are 380 unique device functions observed across organizations, averaging 164 functions per organization.

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Device Diversity

Financial services organizations have 35% of their devices classified as extended IoT.

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Financial ServicesDevice diversityIoT

65% of devices across organizations are classified as non-traditional IT.

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Device Diversity

There are over 1,400 unique vulnerabilities affecting IP cameras in the dataset.

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IP camerasVulnerabilities

Healthcare organizations have 35% of their devices classified as extended IoT.

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HealthcareDevice diversityIoT Devices

40% of IP cameras in the dataset have at least one vulnerability.

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IP camerasVulnerabilities