Report by Forescout
Riskiest Connected Devices of 2025
Key Findings
This year universal gateways and historians appeared for the first time on the list of riskiest OT devices.
Four new IT device types were added to the 2025 Forescout riskiest connected devices list: Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), Intelligent Platform Management Interfaces (IPMI), Firewalls, and Domain Controllers.
Four new IoMT device types were added this year to Forescout's riskiest connected devices list: imaging devices, lab equipment, healthcare workstations, and infusion pump controllers.
Routers account for over 50% of devices with the most dangerous vulnerabilities.
Since 2023, network infrastructure, especially routers, has continued to outpace endpoints as the riskiest IT devices.
There was a 15% year-over-year increase in average device risk.
12 new device types were included on this year’s Forescout riskiest connected devices list.
This year, point of sale (PoS) systems made the list of riskiest IoT devices.