A key challenge for the year ahead – and indeed the coming decade – will be to secure the IoT. This decade is shaping up to be digital-first and will be reliant on the proliferation of connected devices to support it as it undergoes continuous and rapid digital transformation.
The industry at large is showing an almost universal readiness towards making the IoT a secure ecosystem. For this to happen, the Root of Trust and trusted components will shift the way users and manufacturers interact, threat modeling will no longer be seen as a burden to those that need to pay for it, and crucially, the cost of IoT security will be greatly reduced, as the benefits continue to outweigh the costs. As IoT security becomes accessible and democratized, so too will its importance in 2022 and ahead grow.
About PSA Certified:
PSA Certified is a global partnership of security-conscious companies who are proactively building security best practices into devices at scale. Our security framework and independent third-party evaluation is spearheaded by nine companies that are providing the resources needed to build a security by esign scheme that starts with the Root of Trust. With nearly 100 certifications from over 50 partners, PSA Certified has democratized the adoption of security across the electronics industry, giving the ecosystem the confidence to innovate, while protecting consumers, businesses and service providers from the most common hacks.