Security News > 2020 > December > Cybersecurity experts hail new IoT law

President Donald Trump signed the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act into law this month, codifying what many cybersecurity experts have long begged for-increased security protection for the billions of IoT devices flooding homes and businesses.

Rea Carcano and Edgard Capdevielle, the co-founder and CEO of IoT cybersecurity company Nozomi Networks, hailed the law as an important first step in ensuring that IoT device makers improve the security of their products.

Chloé Messdaghi, VP of strategy for Point3 Security, said the cybersecurity industry was excited about the law because it required standards for all government-procured IoT devices, which essentially mandates that all newly manufactured IoT devices will meet cybersecurity standards.

Cybersecurity experts have long complained that IoT device makers were not doing enough, or really anything, to secure devices that could theoretically give attackers access to an entire network.

Terence Jackson, chief information security officer at Thycotic, said that while IoT devices used on government networks are important, legislation mandating the security of all IoT devices would have gone further in providing a more comprehensive approach to IoT device safety.

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