Rapid7’s Deral Heiland on Why Your Network Segmentation Strategy Overlooks IoT Risk

Future of Threat Intelligence · Feb 27, 2025 · 29m

Deral Heiland’s research has uncovered critical vulnerabilities across the IoT spectrum, from office printers to medical devices, revealing how seemingly isolated devices can compromise entire networks. In one investigation, he discovered active credentials for five major hospital systems still present on secondhand medical equipment.

With extensive experience, including his current role as Principal Security Research (IoT) at Rapid7, Deral breaks down why IoT security requires examining entire ecosystems rather than individual devices, and shares practical frameworks for testing and securing…