Is It Time to Start Certifying Connected Devices?
George Platsis
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George Platsis
Senior Director, J.S. Held | CCISO | Digital Investigations & Discovery | Proactive Incident Response & Resilience | Be #Antifragile & Build #Relationships | Advisor Author Educator
Originally published on SecurityIntelligence on July 26th, 2019
At some point, you’ve likely seen markings and icons on an electronic device, its user manual or the box it came in. If you’re unsure what these markings are, they are almost certainly some type of certification.
Some time ago, we started testing goods for safety before they hit the marketplace. The reason was simple: to mitigate risk. We do this today with many electronic devices, testing for things like radiation and to make sure the battery-powered widget doesn’t catch fire in your hands.
But what about connected devices?
While we do test internet of things (IoT) and other connected devices for the aforementioned safety hazards, what we don’t test for is cyber safety.
Senior Director, J.S. Held | CCISO | Digital Investigations & Discovery | Proactive Incident Response & Resilience | Be #Antifragile & Build #Relationships | Advisor Author Educator
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5 年LinkedIn should have button for Good Information. Like button doesn't mean I like the news. In this instance, I don't like that there's no testing for cyber safety as it puts the user of IoT at risk of attacks.
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5 年Thanks for the likes Adrian Jess Paul B. Darlington CEH, CSFA, ITIL Brandy Griffin, MSL :)