--Originally published at Computer and Information Security
Right now a trending topic in the technology world is IoT which stands for Internet of things. This trend basically consists of making “dumb”, everyday object smarter by allowing them to access to our information and connection to the internet.
This, however, is a huge security risk since we will be basically surveilled by all this object in our daily life. Security has been a concerning topic since most of this devices have little or no security which has allowed the creation of huge botnets using IoT devices capable of making massive DDoS attacks.
This week, the US Department of Homeland Security and National Institute of Standards and Technology has released guidelines in order to improve the security of this Iot devices, some of which are:
- Building security into products at the design phase
- Promoting transparency
- Building on recognized security practice
- Being mindful of whether continuous connectivity is needed or not.
Hopefully this guidelines will help avoid the use of IoT devices to create botnets capable of taking down sites as big as Twitter and Spotify.
Made in collaboration with Marysol.
Flickr photo by Marcus Brown https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcusjhbrown/14939374947/ under a Creative Commons (BY) license.
