DHS official urges manufacturers to use new Internet of Things security 'principles'

Amid recent Internet of Things-enabled cyber attacks, manufacturers developing connected devices should take up the Department of Homeland Security’s new “strategic principles” for IoT security to mitigate the threat, according to a senior DHS official.

Suzanne Spaulding, undersecretary for the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate, said during a Bloomberg event Thursday that the department is engaging with other government partners and industry to address IoT security issues in light of the recent distributed denial-of-service attack on domain name...