{"id":188634,"date":"2016-11-23T08:36:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=188634"},"modified":"2016-11-23T08:38:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T06:38:12","slug":"making-the-internet-of-things-more-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/188634-making-the-internet-of-things-more-secure.html","title":{"rendered":"Making the Internet of Things more secure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) has published a\u00a0report on the technical aspects of Internet of Things security and privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Many devices &#8211; besides PCs &#8211; are now connected to the Internet, including cameras, sensors, and smart home equipment.<\/p>\n<p>These IoT devices bring new security and privacy risks.<\/p>\n<p>The number and diversity of consumer IoT devices is growing rapidly, and these devices often function autonomously.<\/p>\n<p>Several recent incidents have demonstrated that certain devices do not abide by rudimentary privacy and security best practices.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, devices have been compromised and allowed unauthorised users to perform DDoS attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Potential issues contributing to the lack of privacy and security best practices include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of IoT supply chain experience with security and privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of incentives to develop and deploy updates after the initial sale.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of secure over-the-network software updates.<\/li>\n<li>Devices with malware inserted during the manufacturing process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BITAG believes its recommendations will help to improve the security and privacy of IoT devices. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitag.org\/documents\/Press_Release_-_Announcing_Publication_of_BITAG_Report_on_IoT_Security_and_Privacy_Recommendations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>recommendations can be found here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/188096-move-over-linux-kaspersky-launches-new-operating-system.html\">Move over Linux \u2013 Kaspersky launches new operating system<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet of Things Security and Privacy Recommendations Report explores the technical aspects of the security and privacy of networked consumer devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":173506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[36,25821,26588],"class_list":["post-188634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-active","tag-internet-of-things","tag-iot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188642,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188634\/revisions\/188642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}