IoT security

On 14. March 2024, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved, based on criteria developed by the NIST, a voluntary program that would create a cybersecurity label for consumer IoT and smart devices, like (not limited to) home security cameras, voice-activated shopping devices, internet-connected appliances, fitness trackers, garage door openers,…

On 12. March 2024, the European Parliament approved the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The approval follows the agreement on the Act with the Council of the European Union on December 1, 2023. The CRA aims to ensure that products with digital features are secure to use, resilient against cyber threats and provide…

We are pleased to announce that we carry on the tradition of the Global IoT Day Roundtable with our upcoming event on 8. April 2024. This year’s topic is: "IoT supply chain security: challenges and impacts". Join the experts from the European Commission, ENISA, NIST, ETSI, ECSO, BEUC, TUVIT, and EY, as…

To secure IoT, security needs to be considered at all stages of the supply chain - design phase, implementation phase, distribution phase, deployment phase, operational phase, upgrading phase, and decommissioning phase. We have identified, analysed, and selected 174 requirements from a number of guidelines, best practices, standards, regulations, and other…

On 7. February 2024, the Commission published the first Union Rolling Work Programme for European cybersecurity certification. The work programme fulfils the requirement of the Cybersecurity Act, Title III: the European Cybersecurity Certification Framework, for the establishment of voluntary European cybersecurity certification schemes. While three European cybersecurity certification schemes under…

In its research report “The Anatomy of Cybersecurity: A Dissection of 2023’s Attack Landscape” Armis analyses proprietary data and offers a snapshot into the global cybersecurity landscape. In 2023, the number of attack attempts rose by 104% globally. The Utilities Industry saw an increase of more than 200%, while in…