Stakeholders propose changes to NIST’s Internet of Things baseline publication

Improving ways for companies to inform consumers about security updates for Internet of Things devices is a key takeaway from a series of roundtable discussions hosted by NIST last month to get input on a draft publication establishing IoT baseline capabilities.

The roundtables focused on NISTIR 8258B, “IoT Non-Technical Supporting Capability Baseline,” which is one of four draft publications issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in December that collectively provide federal agencies guidance on how to...