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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.
At CES 2020, leading global technology solutions provider Avnet is launching a new Partner Program designed to provide developers with a place to build complete IoT solutions, enabling them to scale their business in a quick and cost-effective manner. Using Avnet's IoTConnect platform, powered by Microsoft's Azure IoT Suite, developers can seamlessly connect devices that address both the software and hardware needs of IoT solutions.
TP-Link, a leading global provider of consumer and business networking products, unveiled HomeCare Pro powered by Avira, an advanced network security solution that protects every device on your home network. "TP-Link is proud to partner with security leader Avira to provide its next-generation cyber threat protection system, HomeCare Pro," said Louis Liu, CEO of TP-Link USA. "In today's connected home, advanced security features that go beyond traditional router firewalls are now a must-have for consumers. HomeCare Pro protects your home Wi-Fi network by inspecting and monitoring every connected device including laptops, smartphones, routers, smart TVs, IoT appliances and more, and then performs a vulnerability check, ensuring that all devices are protected against cyber threats and that hackers stay off your network and out of your home."
Private equity firm Insight Partners plans to acquire yet another security company. Insight Partners had previously invested in Armis; other investors have included Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Red Dot Capital Partners.
Venture Capital and private equity investment firm Insight Partners has agreed to acquire IoT security firm Armis in a cash deal valuing the firm at $1.1 billion. Armis offers an enterprise-grade agentless platform designed to help organizations address problems related to unmanaged and unprotected IoT devices.
The Internet of Things vendor confirmed that customer data was left unsecured on an Elasticsearch database.
Faraday Technology Corporation, a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, introduced the Faraday FIE3240 FPGA platform, the latest addition to its SoCreative! IoT SoC platform series. The...
From more widescale, powerful distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, to privacy issues in children's connected toys, here are the top IoT disasters in 2019.
DTEN makes smart screens and whiteboards for videoconferencing systems. Forescout found that their security is terrible: In total, our researchers discovered five vulnerabilities of four different...
Weakness Lies in Devices Without Quality Entropy SourcesIoT devices are generating duplicate prime numbers while generating RSA keys, putting them at risk of a factoring attack, according to new...