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Announced within days of one another, two developments, one bureaucratic, one nefarious, showcased the growing chasm between the dream and the reality of our increasingly interconnected world. On December 4, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020,” which establishes security standards for Internet of Things (IoT) devices owned or controlled by the Federal government. And this week, with everyone focused on the Electoral College and the Pfizer vaccine, we learned again just how vulnerable the systems we rely upon for, well, just about everything, really are.
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The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 was signed into law on December 4, resulting in the first federal regulation of the Internet of Things (IoT).
The IoT refers to a system of internet-connected devices “things” that communicate over wireless networks; the act defines the IoT as “the extension of internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects.” The IoT permeates all sectors and industries, including commercial and governmental, with the focus of the act being on federal government agencies’ use of IoT devices.
The use of IoT devices is rapidly growing, as are general concerns surrounding privacy and security. Addressing these concerns, the act is intended “to establish minimum security standards for Internet of Things devices owned or controlled by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.”
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On Dec. 4, 2020, President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan-backed Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of
2020. By its terms, the new law applies solely to federal
government agencies, but its downstream consequences are likely to
reach further, impacting devices procured by the federal government
and-likely, eventually-consumer devices.
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are in widespread use, most
visibly by consumers of new smart home devices. The new law defines
IoT devices as those devices that:
Interact with the physical world
Have a network interface for transmitting or receiving
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Announced within days of one another, two developments, one bureaucratic, one nefarious, showcased the growing chasm between the dream and the reality of our increasingly interconnected world. On December 4, 2020, President Trump signed into law the “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020,” which establishes security standards for Internet of Things (IoT) devices owned or controlled by the Federal government. And this week, with everyone focused on the Electoral College and the Pfizer vaccine, we learned again just how vulnerable the systems we rely upon for, well, just about everything, really are.
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It had the potential for disaster.
Early in the morning of Monday, December 15, 2020, Google suffered a major worldwide outage in which all of its internet-connected services crashed, including Nest, Google Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Hangouts, Maps, Meet and YouTube.
The outage only lasted an hour, but it was a chilling reminder of how reliant the world has become on internet-connected technologies to do everything from unlocking doors and turning up the heat to accessing work files, sending emails and making phone calls.
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