Security News > 2020 > January > California’s IoT cybersecurity bill: What it gets right and wrong

California state lawmakers should be lauded for SB 327, their well-intentioned legislative attempt at tackling one of the most pressing issues in the tech sector: IoT security.

To its credit, SB 327 - popularly known as the IoT security law - provides a good first step towards much-needed and extensive cybersecurity legislation: with an estimated 22 billion connected devices worldwide, the very existence of an IoT security law is encouraging.

Further praise is warranted because the scope of the bill includes all devices that can connect directly or indirectly to the internet, as well as all connected devices sold in California - not just manufactured there.

If some of these specific concerns are met, we can drive iterative advancements, and force IoT device manufacturers to invest the appropriate time and money into the security of their products.

As users and consumers of IoT devices, we can use our buying power to demand secure, trustworthy devices - and, in the process, demand that manufacturers build security into these devices from the very start, not as a last-minute, ineffective add-on.

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