Security News > 2020 > December > IoT standards: The US government must create them, and businesses will follow
SEE: TechRepublic Premium editorial calendar: IT policies, checklists, toolkits, and research for download. "A lack of a standard for IoT devices brings forth many challenges from a management perspective, in particular security, as we are increasing the attack vector for each new IoT device introduced," said Shash Anand, VP of product strategy at SOTI, an IoT connectivity and management provider.
Given the variety of IoT devices and systems around, it will be imperative that IoT standards are universally accepted and integrated across devices.
"For IT departments to upgrade firmware at scale and to do it remotely, IoT device manufacturers must recognize that apart from simply being connected to the internet, IoT devices must be managed remotely for uniform standards to be achieved," Anand said.
"Remote IoT device management and security administration will be key requisites for deploying IoT," said Anand, whose company offers IoT device management that can remotely monitor and repair IoT devices.
"When integrated with an IoT device management solution, the IoT device repair is accelerated because the repair can immediately be propagated to other IoT devices in the system," he said.