Report by Forescout
Riskiest Connected Devices of 2025
Key Findings
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.
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.
Since 2023, network infrastructure, especially routers, has continued to outpace endpoints as the riskiest IT devices.
Routers account for over 50% of devices with the most dangerous vulnerabilities.
12 new device types were included on this year’s Forescout riskiest connected devices list.
There was a 15% year-over-year increase in average device risk.
This year universal gateways and historians appeared for the first time on the list of riskiest OT devices.
This year, point of sale (PoS) systems made the list of riskiest IoT devices.