What are the most obvious security threats with IPv6?

Undeniably, the new Internet protocol IPv6 offers a host of benefits like virtually unlimited IP addresses and much more, but it too has some serious concerns in form of security threat, to tackle with which most of the organizations are not prepared.

Here are some of the major security threats associated with IPv6:

Lack of knowledge about IPv6 security: Lack of knowledge about security concerns attached to IPv6 is the most prevalent. Organizations need to invest in the training program and implement IPv6 security measures.

Others are - Lack of IPv6 support at ISPs and vendors, Bugs in new code, Absence of NAT, and Agreement of security policies in v4 and v6.

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