Security News > 2020 > October > IoT security: University creates new labels for devices to increase awareness for consumers
TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with Lorrie Cranor, director and Bosch Distinguished Professor in security and privacy technologies of CyLab and the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, about security in Internet of Things devices for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Lorrie Cranor: One of the things we've observed is that there are a lot of concerns about the security and privacy of IoT devices.
We thought, well, what if these boxes of IoT devices had labels like the food nutrition label on a can of beans that would tell you about the security and privacy kind of nutrition of these items? So, we went about trying to design one.
Do you think people really have any idea with IoT devices the power that they have as far as just being vulnerable and open?
Karen Roby: Before we let you go here, being national Cybersecurity Awareness month, and the work that you guys do, and the research is such important stuff revolving around keeping people safe and their data and security from every standpoint.