IoT devices will give a boost to PKI certificates: One of the popular ways to secure a connected device is to keep a secret identity stored on a secure portion of the chip and then check that identity against a certificate stored in the cloud. There … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 17, 2019
Google smartly walks backs its Works with Nest transition: After stunning both its end users and device partners by announcing the Works with Nest program will shut down this August, Google this week did what it should have done in the first … [Read more...]
Congress tries again with IoT security
Last week, four Senators and two members of the House introduced a new bill aimed at protecting connected devices that are used by the U.S. government. It is called the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019 and roughly the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Is it time to address privacy in the Constitution?
This week I'm joined by Om Malik, a partner at True Ventures and my former boss. We kick off the show with a discussion of the New York Times' investigation into app location sharing and Google CEO Sundar Pichai's testimony before Congress. Both … [Read more...]