1 — Patch automatically and promptly
Enable automatic firmware updates in the Alexa or Google Home app and schedule reboots at off‑peak hours.
2 — Segment IoT traffic
Create a separate VLAN or guest SSID for all IoT gadgets. Deny east‑west traffic by default and allow only the outbound ports required by the device backend.
3 — Lock down voice purchases and sensitive skills
Require a 4‑digit voice PIN for purchases; disable skills you no longer use; audit your skill list quarterly.
4 — Disable unused radios
Turn off Bluetooth pairing and “drop‑in” features unless you rely on them daily. Every open radio is another attack vector.
5 — Monitor with AI‑driven anomaly detection
Traditional IDS signatures miss protocol‑lite devices. Our AI Continuous Edge engine models baseline traffic for each speaker and flags new domains, abnormal beacon intervals, or unexpected media streams in real time.
How AI Cyber Solutions can help
- Rapid IoT risk assessment: a 48‑hour engagement that inventories every smart device, maps traffic flows, and scores vulnerabilities.
- Managed IoT threat hunting: we feed your device logs into our EU‑based SOC, where ML models correlate anomalies across millions of data points.
- Compliance gap analysis: align your fleet with PSTI, CRA, NIS 2, ISO 27001, or any bespoke framework.
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Final thoughts
Voice assistants are here to stay, and with the right controls they can coexist peacefully with sensitive data. But security must shift from “set it and forget it” to continuous, AI‑driven vigilance. Patch often, segment aggressively, monitor intelligently—and let us worry about the rest.