A recent article in Computer Weekly highlighted the cyber security risk posed to enterprises by personal IoT devices. The most common devices found on enterprise networks include fitness trackers (49%), digital assistants such as Amazon Alexa (47%), smart TVs (46%), smart kitchen devices (33%) and gaming consoles (30%).

Such devices are easily discoverable by cyber criminals with an easy means of identifying a vast number of devices on enterprise networks that can then be targeted for vulnerabilities. More than 5,000 personal devices are connecting to the network each day, according to the article with employees in the US and UK admitted to connecting to the enterprise network for a number of reasons, including to access social media (39%), as well as to download apps (24%), games (13%) and films (7%).