Securing the Future– Designing Security for the Internet of Things

whitePaper | September 5, 2022

Today’s well-designed, secure and compliant internet of things (IoT) products and services possess extraordinary capabilities. But even knowing the tremendous amount of potential that exists, it can be overwhelming for IT and business leaders to develop an IoT strategy.

whitePaper | May 12, 2022

Traditionally the networking architectures used within the industrial domain have been many and varied. With its established enterprise IT roots, Ethernet was always going to be the backbone network of choice to link the worlds of operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) together. However, since the arrival of Industrial IoT (IIoT), connecting all the production assets, such as sensors, actuators, robots, and the myriad of other equipment, typically involved proprietary, vendor-specific networking. The availability of single-pair Ethernet (SPE) looks set to change this legacy approach.

whitePaper | January 22, 2022

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whitePaper | May 14, 2021

The purpose of this draft paper is to start a conversation about what it means to have confidence in the cybersecurity of IoT devices used by individuals and organizations and the various ways of gaining that confidence. This paper describes the landscape of confidence mechanisms that are currently available for establishing the security of IoT devices in the marketplace. In preparing this paper, NIST conducted extensive research on initiatives that can help to instill confidence in IoT device security and held a series of meetings with government and industry experts to glean information on the unique aspects and challenges in this space.

whitePaper | January 12, 2022

The advantages of a well-designed remote IT management solution become indispensable once it enables MSPs and IT departments to do all of the following remotely: Run and maintain IT infrastructure to significantly reduce the average ticket response time Perform maintenance tasks during off hours to avoid interrupting employees Be proactive instead of reactive by keeping software current and safe from cyberattacks, with endpoints protected and data backed up Gain real-time insights into IT infrastructure and share them with business stakeholders to help evaluate current conditions, make timely decisions, and project future needs Boost operational efficiency and reduce costs by monitoring devices and addressing potential problems before they become major issues

whitePaper | January 8, 2020

The 19th century was a century of empires. The 20th century was a century of states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.” This quote by Wellington E. Webb, former mayor of the City of Denver, seems plausible when you look at the numbers: Although cities cover only a fraction of the Earth’s surface, they are already home to more than half of the world’s population.