Senate panel considers role of incentives, government agencies in securing IoT

Representatives of the technology sector and former government officials are calling for use of voluntary incentives to improve cybersecurity of the Internet of Things, along with a role for the federal government in defending against cyber threats targeting IoT.

During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled “The Promises and Perils of Emerging Technologies for Cybersecurity,” Eric Rosenbach, the former chief of staff in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during the Obama administration, said government has some role to...