Checking things from a embedded perspective

These are huge numbers and embedded computer within such a large population insider risk is a real threat. A provider needs to provision its services with proper governance to prevent insider threats. Broad network access is one of the most interesting characteristics from a embedded computer perspective, as so much of the embedded computer is focused on rigid, tightly controlled networks such as service-specific portions of NIPRNet and SIPRNet rather than on open network access like the Internet at the other extreme. The key is for services to be available across the entire embedded computer  and this is largely possible today. The problem is as soon as access is broadened, it increases the attack surface, making the idea of a perimeter and a boundary much more nebulous.”

refer to : http://mil-embedded.com/articles/cloud-security-the-dod/