Comments by Paul McNamara, Senior Solutions Engineer at Edgio, “As the amount of data generated annually continues to soar in 2023, due to increasing demand for IoT devices, edge computing will take centre stage.”

He adds, “43 billion connected devices open just as many avenues to attackers. Storing data at the edge, rather than at various data centres around the world, plays a unique role in improving compliance and cyber security.”

Personally identifiable information

Paul McNamara continues, “For example, take healthcare, where leveraging edge capabilities in medical devices and services allows patient data to remain close to the source, this limits risk of a privacy breach. By restricting the movement and storage of personally identifiable information (PII), users can choose when, where, and for how long their data is accessible to third-party applications or their medical provider.”

He further said, “Another example is in a smart home, where edge computing has the potential to give control of personal data back to consumers, which is one of the primary goals of GDPR. By integrating edge capabilities into their core services, providers of smart home accessories offer users control of the data, whether they transmit it to the cloud or store and process it locally.”

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