ABSTRACT
Traditional colleges and universities in Utah have discovered the benefits of deploying IoT technology on their campuses. However, IoT devices have the potential to jeopardize the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of campus resources. In this survey research study, the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on the IT security infrastructure of traditional colleges and universities was investigated in the state of Utah. The results found that the IoT implementations precipitated changes to the campus IT infrastructures, including closed and isolated networks. Fifty-five percent of the colleges and universities reported that they separate the IoT data from the structured data. One hundred percent of the colleges and universities were required to change the way they manage network security after their IoT implementation. Although the number of risks did not increase, the category of risks changed after the IoT implementations. Fifty-five percent of the schools reported that the top risk after the IoT deployment was the release of personally identifiable information. The research findings revealed that traditional colleges and universities in Utah are aware of the challenges and risks of the Internet of Things and have initiated strategies for mitigation.
