- Target:
- Udo Helmbrecht Executive Director of European Union Agency for Network and Information Security
- Region:
- Europe
Market watchers and experts predict that by 2020 over 20 to 30 billion smart devices will be connected to the internet ranging from fitness wristwatches, home thermostats, IP-camera's and smart Televisions.
Most of these devices are not build with security in mind and lack basic security features as password protection and (security) updates.
In the United States three senators have asked for legislation to "address the vulnerabilities in computing devices embedded in everyday objects" and introduced a bill to "secure the Internet of Things".
Examples of security breaches of everyday devices connected to the internet"
• http://blog.senr.io/blog/devils-ivy-flaw-in-widely-used-third-party-code-impacts-millions
• http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/it-medien/1-2-millionen-telekom-router-angegriffen-spiderman-gesteht-cyberangriff/20091186.html
Ask mr. Udo Helmbrecht Executive Director of European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) to address this issue at secIOT expert meeting on 20th of October 2017 at The Hague.
The goal of secIOT workgroup would be to draft an European version of the IOT Cybersecurity Improvement Act and make these basic requirements mandatory for governmental and critical infrastructure per 1-1-2018 and for smart consumer devices per 1-1-2019.
Most smart (internet connected) devices lack basic security features like:
• Protect configuration settings with a user changeable password
• Facilitate security updates through a secure connection
• Protect user and usage data according privacy legislation
When a device does not meet these minimal requirements it will be expelled from governmental and critical infrastructure contracts (1-1-2018) and banned from the EU for smart consumer products connecting to the internet (1-1-2019).
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