GEC NEWS WIREBacked by the Mobile Industry, New Guidelines Outline Common Approach to Security for IoT Services
The GSMA has put forth new guidelines designed to promote the secure development and deployment of services in the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. The document, ‘The GSMA IoT Security Guidelines’, has been developed in consultation with the mobile industry and offers IoT service providers and the wider IoT ecosystem practical advice on tackling common cybersecurity threats, as well as data privacy issues associated with IoT services.
The project has received the backing and support of the mobile industry including mobile operators AT&T, China Telecom, Etisalat, KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Orange, Telefónica, Telenor and Verizon and vendor and infrastructure partners 7Layers, Ericsson, Gemalto, Morpho, Telit and u-blox.
“A proven and robust approach to security will create trusted, reliable services that scale as the market grows,” said Alex Sinclair, Chief Technology Officer, GSMA.
“The GSMA IoT Security guidelines compiles best practice recommendations for service development which if adopted will minimize opportunities for malicious exploitation and in turn will reassure market confidence and facilitate mass adoption,” said Angel David Garcia Barrio, VP M2M, Etisalat.
“These guidelines will help network operators, service providers and device manufacturers to properly assess the threats and risks as part of a “security by design” approach in the entire value chain,” said Norbert Muhrer, Senior Vice President of IoT for Gemalto.
