Australia Introduces Code of Practice for IoT Devices

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electropages.com, Sept. 16, 2020 – 

With the growing importance of IoT security and the lack of push from the industry to update systems, countries around the world are introducing a code of practices for IoT devices. What is Australia doing, what is its code of practices, and why are they important?

Why is IoT security becoming important?

With the number of IoT devices estimated to be over 20 billion globally, it can be difficult to track what they are doing, what applications they are involved in, and their capabilities. While any device with internet capabilities can be classified as an IoT, it is generally reserved for those devices that are small and basic in nature. Some common examples of IoT devices include temperature loggers, smart doorbells, internet security cameras, and the Amazon Echo. The first IoT devices were very basic and capable of reporting very trivial data, such as the current temperature of humidity. Now that technology has significantly improved, IoT devices can have cameras and microphones making them a point of concern. But even if an IoT device lacks monitoring equipment, they can still be used to perform internet attacks such as DDoS (as they can contain significant amounts of processing power). This is why security is increasingly becoming important in IoT devices.

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