Nyansa CEO Abe Ankumah, who previously headed cloud networking at Cisco, explains why Internet of Things is growing so fast and how he's addressing it
Already, Nyansa raised $26.5 million, and it's launched a brand new subscription-based software product called Voyance IoT on Monday. Ankumah says the idea came from talking to customers.
vulnerabilities by using artificial intelligence. It classifies, secures, and analyzes the behavior of IoT devices. Essentially, it's a real-time eyes and ears for these devices, seeing what these devices are"talking to" on the network.For example, if a device on a company's network is talking to another device on that network as planned, Voyance IoT can see that it's normal. But if it starts talking to some unknown device in say, Russia, Voyance IoT will alert users.
For example, an X-ray or electrocardiogram machine should be on a secure network because of the sensitive patient data it collects. However, he's seen smart TV's and even cars connected to the same network, likely because a member of the hospital staff connected their own personal devices to the hospital's network., he's seen devices like pet trackers and even a Lovebox connected to their secure networks.
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