DHS Releases IoT Security Principles to Help Stakeholders Make Better Decisions

The Department of Homeland Security issued IoT security principles aimed at helping manufacturers and other stakeholders make better decisions about how they develop, build, implement and use such technologies and systems. “The growing dependency on network-connected technologies is outpacing the means to secure them,” said DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson in a Tuesday news release. "Securing the Internet of Things has become a matter of homeland security." The DHS principles emphasize integration of security measures at the design phase, vulnerabilities management, use of tested security practices, prioritization of security measures based on potential disruptions or failures, greater transparency across the IoT ecosystem, and consideration of what should be connected to the internet and what shouldn't. Wednesday, CTA issued an IoT white paper (see 1611160017).