Icon Labs Launches Floodgate IoT Security Toolkit: Complete Security Solution for IoT Edge Devices

Solution enables devices to be easily and securely integrated with IoT Cloud Platforms, speeding time to market and ensuring device security Icon Labs’ Floodgate IoT Security Toolkit includes integration with Verizon’s ThingSpace IoT Cloud Platform  November 17, 2016 West Des Moines, IA - Icon Labs (www.iconlabs.com), a leading provider of security solutions for IoT

IoT Security Foundation Announces Security Compliance Framework

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Encourages industry use ‘with immediate effect’Release Date: December 6th 2016The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) has announced the publication of its IoT Security Compliance Framework at its annual conference in London.The framework is part of IoTSF’s mission to drive the quality and pervasiveness of security in IoT. IoTSF is promoting the Supply Chain of

IoT Security Foundation Publishes Best Practice Guidelines for Consumer Products and Vulnerability Disclosure

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Users encouraged to display the Best Practice User mark Release Date: December 6th 2016 The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) has announced the publication of two best practice guidelines alongside its IoT security compliance framework. Both sets of guidelines are aimed at new players that have started to supply IoT class products yet

IoTSF Announces Alliance with prpl Foundation and puts ‘security by design’ at the heart of embedded computing

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Collaboration to transform security of the Internet of Things Release date: 5th December 2016 The IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF) and the prpl Foundation, two influential not-for-profit organizations working to promote security and openness in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that they have entered into a formal agreement to cooperate on projects that

What Bruce Schneier teaches us about IoT and cybersecurity

Ben Dickson shares his thoughts in this blog which was originally posted here on Tech Talks Blog. As if I haven’t said it a million times, IoT security is critical. But just when I thought I had it all figured out, somebody comes along and sheds new light on this very important topic in a different way.

The IoT Security Foundation: One year on

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It’s quite incredible to think that it has been a full year since the IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF) was founded. At the launch event, Stan Boland (now CEO, FiveAI) outlined the journey to that point and Sir Hossein Yassaie (former CEO of Imagination Technologies), announced to a packed room at London’s Digital Catapult, that

Intrusion Detection for the IIoT: How do we detect threats on the factory floor

Alan Grau, President and co-founder of Icon Labs,  member of the IoTSF, shares his thoughts on how to detect threats in Industrial IoT. Read the original article here. The Industrial IoT (IIoT) provides manufacturers in all industries with greater connectivity that in turn, generates valuable information and intelligence regarding operations.  By leveraging this intelligence, they

Internet of Things Security Foundation Announces Conference on “Building an Internet of Trust”

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Announces speakers and issues a call for papers Release Date: August 31st 2016 The Internet of Things Security Foundation (IoTSF) has announced its starting line-up of speakers for its second annual conference and is inviting the security community to further submit talk proposals. The conference is to be held at the Institution of

The IoT ransomware threat is more serious than you think

Ben Dickson shares his thoughts in this blog which was originally posted here on Tech Talks Blog. The IoT ransomware threat is more serious than you think At the recent Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas, two researchers from cybersecurity firm Pen Test Partners showed that they could inflict your smart thermostat with ransomware from hundreds of