IoT Security: What We Need Next

Rick Merritt, SiliconValley Bureau Chief, Apr. 25, 2017 – 

Do we need a group to certify that IoT products support some baseline security and privacy standards? If so, what are the standards and who is the group?

I get at least one if not handful of pitches a week from people who want to write guest articles about the lack of security in the Internet of Things. They all start the same:

"By 2020 there will be 10 gazillion IoT nodes connected..." The best ones make a few specific recommendations about using authentication and encryption.