LONDON, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's
largest trade association dedicated to the global IoT sector – the
IoT M2M Council (IMC) – is announcing that it will hold a series of
open forums in the next month to discuss security for
infrastructure that connects remote devices. The objective of the
forums will be to develop practical guidelines for deploying IoT
technology that spans both consumer and industrial markets and
addresses all the basic facets of an IoT deployment, including
devices, networks, and cloud/application software. The forums are
open to the public, and more information on their schedule and
registration is available on the IMC website.
"The consensus of our group is that IoT security is more
holistic and there's a need for more practical information than is
generally available," says IMC Chairman Sri
Ramachandran, CTO at Somos, "There's been a lot of good work
done in the area of technical standards, for example, and we'll
certainly refer to related works. We've identified gaps in the
approaches taken by regulators and others to examining all the
layers of the IoT stack, or to share critical learnings between
large IoT vertical markets. We're planning to bridge those gaps and
establish best practices that can sit atop the current
fragmentation and provide direction to users, technology providers,
and regulators alike."
The IMC is comprised of 28,000 qualified IoT users around
the world, and getting buy-in from this group will be paramount to
implementing a practical approach to IoT security and privacy. The
group's Board of Governors includes representatives from over 30
IoT technology providers that will oversee the project. New IMC
Vice Chaiman Ellen Boehm, SVP of Global IoT Strategy &
Operations for internet security firm Keyfactor, has been tapped to
lead the effort. Working Groups for Networks, Devices, and
Cloud/App will be headed respectively by Syed "Z" Hosain (Founder
at Aeris), Harald Remmert (CTO for
Cellular Solutions at Digi International), and Fred Yentz (CEO at Tartabit).
"There are still a lot of questions about where this project will
lead us," says Boehm, "So we're looking at these open forums as a
starting point to collect feedback from the collective group of
experts within the space. Once we've hosted the discussions, our
Board will regroup to set a more definitive direction and outcomes
that will benefit organizations around best practices for
implementing security across the entire IoT stack."
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