News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It by phmagic on Sunday October 30, 2016 @06:18PM (#12832746)
There should be government organization currently responsible for data security. Unfortunately, with the proposed leadership options for the White House, I don't think this will be a priority. The FCC is too concerned with rationing out the electromagnetic spectrum. I doubt UL and CE has enough resources to step up here.

For the device makers who want to provide a secure interface to their cloud servers, I think platform and infrastructure providers should set out an easy to adopt standard that any device maker can follow. The expectations on getting a device to market is already so high that small companies typically do not invest in data security.

The incentive to adopt the security best practices could come from retailers. Retailers who only stock products with this standard would save on returns / lawsuits. In the coming year, DDOS attacks are the least of their worries if hackers can commandeer devices that see into people's homes and monitor people's lives.

Re:IoT Growing Faster Than the Ability to Defend It by maxerickson on Sunday October 30, 2016 @07:21PM (#12833126)
ISPs could provide seed funding for UL to spin up a certification for connected smart devices. They certainly have the resources and are kind of mixed up in the problem already.