New industry report touts IOT cybersecurity benefits of blockchain

As lawmakers prepare to explore how blockchain technology can be applied to cybersecurity, an industry coalition in a report released today urges greater use of blockchain as a tool for securing and increasing confidence in the Internet of Things.

“Organizations on the forefront of implementing IoT are understandably encountering challenges in identifying appropriate security technologies that are capable of mitigating the unique threats that IoT presents,” said Brian Russell, chair of the Cloud Security Alliance IoT Working Group. “We...