NIST explores potential update to foundational IoT manufacturer cybersecurity guidance

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is exploring a potential update to a foundational publication on how manufacturers can address cybersecurity when creating Internet of Things products that launched years of IoT-focused efforts at the agency.

NIST Internal Report 8259, titled, “Recommendations for IoT Device Manufacturers: Foundational Activities,” was published in May 2020 and is the “root guidance” for the agency’s IoT cyber efforts, according to Michael Fagan, a computer scientist on NIST’s Cybersecurity for IoT program.

Fagan...