Span releases a second-generation smart electrical panel: As we electrify our homes and add electric vehicles to our garages we're either going to need a lot more juice or a better way to manage the electricity coming into the home. Span's a startup … [Read more...]
Let’s talk about UL’s device security rankings
This week, GE Appliances became the first appliance company to achieve UL's gold-level certification under UL's new IoT security framework. While this is a good thing—and I'm not knocking GE Appliances for its efforts and attention to security—I … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 13, 2019
Here's a security partnership to merge IT and OT: Pulse Secure has teamed up with Nozomi Networks to provide a comprehensive security monitoring service that can track badly behaving devices on IT (information technology) and OT (operational … [Read more...]
Podcast: Amazon’s big news and UL’s cyber safety standard
This week Kevin and I start off on a heavy note discussing the things that went wrong during the Lion Air crash at the end of October relating that to the increase in sensors, software and inadequate procedures for marrying the Silicon Valley mindset … [Read more...]
Internet of Things news of the week August 11, 2017
Did Big Ass Fans make a big ass mistake? Stop reading this and go read this story from the founder of Big Ass Fans (they make giant fans and smaller fans) on his connected device journey so far. He concludes that his company made a connected product … [Read more...]