[co-author: Tawanna Lee]
On December 15, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released four new draft Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity documents to provide guidance for federal agencies and device manufacturers. Additionally, NIST is updating its catalog of IoT cybersecurity capabilities.
The concurrent release of this slate of IoT cybersecurity guidance comes on the heels of the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020, signed into law on December 4. NIST explains that the new documents “will help address challenges raised in [the Act] and begin to provide the guidance that law mandates.” As NIST acknowledges, “[b]ecause companies that do business with government agencies will need to interact with technology the government finds acceptable, the guidance is likely to have far-reaching influence.”
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