Participants in NTIA Internet of Things initiative aim to reach consensus on guides

Stakeholders participating in a National Telecommunications and Information Administration-led effort to create guidelines for patching and upgrading Internet of Things devices are hoping to come to consensus around final guidelines on a range of IoT issues at a November meeting, as NTIA aims to move on to more IoT-related issues.

The NTIA “multistakeholder” process -- which includes participation from government officials and industry representatives and is developing guidelines on existing IoT security standards and tools, securing the IoT update process,...