Information Security

Opinion: What Makes IoT Security So Hard?

In-brief: What makes IoT security so hard for these companies? Exosite Chief Technology Officer Mark Benson has identified four, important factors to consider and address.

GSMA Announces Security Guidelines to Support Growth of the Internet of Things

In-brief: New guidelines from a leading mobile industry trade group seek to set standards for securing deployments of Internet of Things device.

Internet of Things Will Mess Up The Security Industry – Big Time

In-brief: there’s a growing consensus that the Internet of Things will spell trouble for the information security industry. A vast population of connected devices, endemic problems with software quality and sophisticated adversaries will combine to make the juice of the Internet of Things not worth the security “squeeze.”

FDA: Medical Device Makers Urged To Secure Post Market Devices from Cyber Attack

  In-brief: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued new guidelines, calling on medical device makers to do a better job addressing cyber security vulnerabilities and exploits as part of their management of deployed medical devices. 

Linux Kernel Flaw Reaches Into Internet of Things

In-brief: Software updates were released to address a serious and exploitable security flaw in the Linux kernel on Tuesday. The issue, in a feature called keyring, could impact embedded systems as well as mobile devices.