NIST aims for year-end release of IoT core cyber capabilities document; plans 'government baseline' for devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to release a final version of a “core Internet of Things cybersecurity capabilities baselines” document by the end of the year, NIST officials said Wednesday, to be followed by a “government sector baseline” for IoT devices.

Katerina Megas, the program manager for NIST's Cybersecurity for IoT program, and Michael Fagan, a member of the Trusted Identities Group at NIST, discussed the plans during a webinar focused on a recently released “essay”...