Stepping up action on IoT Insecurity – New Laws & Regulation
Time moves quickly in the IoT world. It seems like only five minutes since we launched the Code of Practice on Consumer IoT Security...
Regulation Ready Report Published by IoT Security Foundation
Informs IoT community on the status of international regulatory landscape Release Date: November 22nd, 2018 The IoT Security Foundation (IoTSF) has published a new, free to download report today titled: “IoT Cybersecurity: Regulation Ready”. It is aimed at businesses that produce and use IoT systems as there ‘is a veritable minefield’ of regulatory issues
UK Government moves towards regulating security in consumer IoT
On March 7th earlier this year, the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published a draft of the 'Secure by Design: Improving the cyber security of consumer Internet of Things Report' as part of the Digital Charter. Within the report a draft 'Code of Practice' (the Code) was published for those developing,
IoT Security Foundation Welcomes UK Government IoT Security Code of Practice
Provides technical mapping to the IoT Security Compliance Framework Release Date: March 7th 2018 Today, the UK’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced the publication of its Security by Design report containing a proposed Code of Practice for Consumer IoT products. It details 13 steps to assure security including, no default
The Meltdown and Spectre Brouhaha
Welcome to 2018, and welcome #Meltdown and #Spectre - a new duo of vulnerabilities which are shaking the security world, and the IoT world, to the very core - the processor core(s) that is. We've been having quite a discussion internally at IoTSF as to the technical nature of the exploits, the impact they
US Senators and IoT Security: Why Proposed Legislation Matters to Device Makers
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
CIA Exploits of IoT Devices, What Lessons Can We Learn?
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
BlackBerry show how to start improving software security
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
WANTED: Consumer IoT / Smart Home Security Reviewers and Best Practice Adopters
If you're security conscious you'll notice that there has not been any slow down in the media on consumer IoT hack-related stories. The hack on light bulbs from Osram is just of the most recent - and we expect a lot more as Blackhat and DEF CON 24 get underway. What's interesting about a lot
Medical IoT – A Call to Action
IoT will become all-pervasive in industry, business and domestic settings, and healthcare is one of the sectors which has a great deal to gain. Introduction of IoT-type technologies is already underway - for example in wearables, implantables, injectables, robotics and automation. Yet there is likely to be pain as adoption rates increase and significant concerns