There have been some high-profile cybersecurity attacks on IoT and M2M devices. The Bristol Airport's flight information system was hacked and held for ransom and the digital signage in Union Street station was hacked, with the train information screens being used to display pornography at rush hour. These attacks were visible and disruptive, but there are also hidden attacks where IoT devices are hacked to become part of botnets that are then used to power DDOS attacks against whomever the hackers are trying to target. In this scenario, the device owner may not know until their monthly bill arrives and their connectivity consumption has increased dramatically.
Jola provides SIMs that are used in a wide variety of IoT and M2M scenarios. We are acutely aware of the need to protect our resellers and their customers from the consequences of falling victim to a cybersecurity attack. At the foundation of what we do is our Mobile Manager portal which, with its real-time alerts and control, provides visibility of SIM usage before the monthly bill arrives. Our approach goes beyond managing costs. If the application does not need access to the Internet, then why would you expose it online?
Jola offers SIMs that provide secure private access back to a corporate network with no access to the Internet at all. This almost eliminates the ‘attack surface’ completely. Jola has also been involved in some high-profile digital signage deployments where our approach to security has gone beyond just securing connectivity. We have provided secure devices with hardened device operating systems and configurations to deliver a truly secure solution.
Jola is also the first mobile service provider to route all our public fixed IP SIM traffic through Cloudflare to provide best-in-class, always-on, real-time threat protection. As a result of this, our partners and their end-users are protected from reputational damage, financial impact and data loss that could otherwise result from the 1000s of cyberattack attempts that we block every single month.
Our goal is to enable our channel partners to embrace opportunities and benefit from our experience to deliver unique and differentiated solutions to their customers that are secure from threats that are undeniably out there.
