A Strategic Approach to IoT Security Best Practices and Standards - Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

The market for IoT products continues to expand, with increased quantities of devices being integrated into consumer and business networks.  These products are turning into always-on services that incorporate cloud connectivity and expose many points of interconnection.  Automation is beginning to take hold on top of this layer of pervasive connectivity and users are becoming ever more reliant on workflows enabled by these systems. Even as the reliance on IoT systems continues to increase, manufacturers are still not getting cybersecurity right.  There are still far too many instances where even basic security controls are not enforced in IoT products.  This is concerning especially given the adoption of safety-critical and health-critical devices being introduced onto the market, and growing risk of data breaches and related security compromises next to an increasing prevalence of botnets and large-scale automated, distributed attacks.  As the future unfolds, the ‘attack surface’ will only grow larger and the public will be put at increasing risk if strategic changes do not occur immediately.  To this extent, UL and the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) have partnered to better understand the current state of IoT cybersecurity regulations, standards and best practices through primary research.  Our aim is to identify gaps in coverage that could lead to deployment of insecure IoT services and systems.  In this webinar, we will share the results of that research and discuss our strategic approach to fixing the current state of IoT security based on constant collaboration between industry stakeholders, government agencies and enterprise users.