Dartmouth University researchers just announced a new five-year, federally-funded Internet of Things security project that enlists Amazon, Apple, Google, and other device makers to advise on privacy protections – including how the companies themselves can take more responsibility.
The Security and Privacy in the Lifecycle of IoT for Consumer Environments project, announced Friday and funded by a $10-million grant from the federal government's National Science Foundation, comes at a time of heightened risk from the booming world of IoT devices, which now are found in an estimated 66% of US homes. In April, researchers at cybersecurity-rating company BitSight found that 45% of companies have been exposed to criminal malware that entered corporate networks from a remote worker's home network, where smart devices and work computers are on the same wifi. ...
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