By C.J.Abate, Director of Marketing, SecureRF In the face of ever-increasing Internet of Things (IoT) security threats, the US government has started efforts to regulate IoT security with a new bill raised in the Senate. Should the bill become law, it will require IoT equipment sold to the government be patchable and meet specific security
Extends best practice guidance to enterprise domain Release Date: September 5th 2017 The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) announced today that it has established a working group for smart buildings and appointed Alan Mihalic of Norman Disney & Young (NDY) as the group’s chair. The formation of the working group extends the work of
Whilst it is true that good digital security is derived from sound and fundamental principles, it is also true that context is all - no solution exists that satisfies all requirements across all applications. If that were not the case, security (or insecurity) would not be on the top 3 list of issues for IoT
The recent exposé of the nomx secure email box [1] got us all excited at IoTSF – mostly for the wrong reasons – but it also gave us the opportunity to reflect on a number of common security issues from an IoT perspective. We’d start by congratulating BBC Click and their security researchers, Scott
Takes next steps in ‘making it safe to connect’ Release Date: April 25th 2017 The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) announced today that it is to provide training to help developers and managers ensure they have the required knowledge to protect Internet connected products from hacking. The provision of training is part of the
By Alan Grau, Icon Labs, [email protected], www.iconlabs.com. We are often asked by industry insiders if they should be worried about the CIA hacking their device and eavesdropping on their conversations. While that might be a concern for some, the bigger fear is with so many vulnerable IoT devices, a malicious cyber-attack could potentially impact
Professor Paul Dorey takes over as chair of IoTSF and Dr. Stephen Pattison joins Executive Steering Board Release Date: March 20th 2017 The Internet of Things Security Foundation announced today that it has expanded its Executive Steering Board (ESB) and appointed a new chairman. Professor Paul Dorey will take over from Professor John Haine
By Hongmei He, Manufacturing Informatics Centre, Cranfield University, MK43 0AL. Cranfield University is a Founder Member of IoTSF Internet of Things (IoT) technology has enabled the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) by connecting factories and plants to the Internet. “Smart Factory” is connected with supply chains through the Internet. Data flows from machines and
Imagine this... you run an organization producing products that incorporate significant amounts of software. You know that security wasn’t a concern when much of that software was written. You know that insecure products are no longer acceptable and that you have to do something. But where do you start? If you are in this
UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AND RURAL AFFAIRS (MOMRA), DAR AL RIYADH AND NISPANA JOINTLY ANNOUNCE THE FIRST SAUDI SMART CITIES CONFERENCE 2017 PRESS RELEASE: 20 FEBRUARY 2017 With the economic diversification plans in place, key government authorities across kingdom are
