Jason I Hong

New America

June 2016

This white paper outlines cybersecurity challenges with the emerging Internet of Things, looking at issues of physical security, scale, diversity, manufacturer's lack of experience, and emergent behaviors. This paper also discusses possible solutions, including cybersecurity education, virtual centers of excellence for disseminating best practices, more information sharing about failures, more research on cybersecurity insurance, better legal protections for researchers, and research centers on IoT safety and security.

Internet of Things, IoT, cybersecurity, education, roadmap, security, ubicomp