What does the Internet of Things mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Internet of Things is a collective term for technologies of a global networked infrastructure that makes it possible to connect physical and virtual objects with each other. For example, technical standards are used to connect fridges, light bulbs and voice assistants to the internet, making them \"smart\" and thus providing added value for the user. For example, the color of a smart light bulb can be switched on or off via an app from the sofa, the refrigerator can independently reorder missing food and music, videos, pictures, etc. can be consumed via the voice assistant. As some household appliances use their own internet access and this can lead to additional security risks, particular attention must be paid to IT security when using these devices in the company. This is because the factory settings of such devices often include options that provide a high level of convenience for users but do not focus on security.<\/p>\n The Internet of Things plays an important role in everyday business life, for example when it comes to the protection and legally compliant processing of personal data.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Internet of Things is a collective term for technologies of a global networked infrastructure that makes it possible to connect physical and virtual objects with each other. For example, technical standards are used to connect fridges, light bulbs and voice assistants to the internet, making them \"smart\" and thus providing added value for the user. For example, the color of a smart light bulb can be switched on or off via an app from the sofa, the refrigerator can independently reorder missing food and music, videos, pictures, etc. can be consumed via the voice assistant. As some household appliances use their own internet access and this can lead to additional security risks, particular attention must be paid to IT security when using these devices in the company. This is because the factory settings of such devices often include options that provide a high level of convenience for users but do not focus on security.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41502","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nPractical example<\/h2>\n