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During lockdown, offices have been empty and quiet - but not dead. Networks have continued to run, and IoT devices have continued to operate unattended. A study of more than 500 million IoT device transactions in little over two weeks between December 15 and December 31, 2020 discovered a 700% increase in IoT malware over a previous study of pre-lockdown 2019.
Zscaler released a study examining the state of IoT devices left on corporate networks during a time when businesses were forced to move to a remote working environment. The report analyzed over 575 million device transactions and 300,000 IoT-specific malware attacks blocked over the course of two weeks in December 2020 - a 700% increase when compared to pre-pandemic findings.
The ETSI committee on Methods for Testing and Specifications has recently completed a first set of seven standards addressing the testing of the IoT MQTT and CoAP protocols, and the foundational security IoT-Profile. "These new standards fill the gaps for the quality assessment of some of the most relevant communication protocols and system requirements of today's industrial IoT systems using standardized testing techniques from ETSI," says Axel Rennoch, Chair of the ETSI working group Testing in TC MTS. The ETSI testing standards.
Soracom launched Soracom Arc, a service that allows anyone developing IoT solutions to leverage Soracom's IoT platform using any internet connection, including cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and satellite. Arc provides anyone developing IoT solutions secure access to the Soracom suite of 17 network and application services, including cloud integration, private networking, data optimization, secure remote access, and on-demand packet capture.
Other IoT PM programs are likely to follow because running an IoT project is different than running a standard IT project, and new skills must be learned. IoT project management has all of that, but it also demands an additional set of skills that IT project managers may not have.
NanoLock Security, an Israel-based company that specializes in IoT and operational technology device protection and management, this week announced raising $11 million in a Series B funding round. The funding, which brings the total raised by the firm to $21 million, came from OurCrowd, HIVE2040, Atlantica Group, and AWZ Ventures.
Zimperium has broadened its portfolio of mobile application protection solutions by acquiring whiteCryption. Zimperium will continue to support current whiteCryption customers and will integrate whiteCryption's solutions into Zimperium's Mobile Application Protection Suite, creating the world's most advanced mobile application protection solution.
CyberLink announced a partnership with ASUS, by integrating its FaceMe AI facial recognition engine into ASUS's Tinker Board 2 single-board computer. The fruit of a close collaboration between the ASUS IoT and CyberLink's FaceMe team, this joint solution provides ready-to-use, fully integrated facial-recognition capabilities for security, access control, visitor management and contactless experiences for retail, public services, hospitality and more.
TrustInSoft announced an Application Security Test specifically designed to mathematically guarantee bug-free code in embedded Internet of Things devices. This AST for IoT is based on TrustInSoft's Analyzer to provide the equivalent of static and dynamic code analysis of C/C++ source code using Formal Methods testing to guarantee the absence of undefined source code behaviors.
With four million subscribers today, Rakuten Mobile continues to advance and scale its network to support new demands driven by the growth of remote and mobile workers. With the implementation of Segment Routing over IPv6 and Cisco Routed Optical Networking, Rakuten Mobile plans to expand its capabilities to support enterprise customers with 5G and IoT services.