{"id":22689,"date":"2018-03-01T12:55:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T12:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/?post_type=news&p=18308"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:46:06","slug":"industry-led-security-approach-key-iots-commercial-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/technologies\/internet-of-things\/news\/industry-led-security-approach-key-iots-commercial-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry-Led Security Approach Key to IoT\u2019s Commercial Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian Smith, IoT Security Director, GSMA<\/span><\/em>
\n\"\"<\/a>With broadening connectivity comes, unfortunately, greater potential for breaches of security.\u00a0 As the IoT expands, bringing an ever-increasing array of previously standalone objects online, there are correspondingly more points of entry for hackers to target. The GSMA and its members take nothing more seriously than security; it is the prerequisite to everything else we do. Consumer and customer confidence is essential to the IoT\u2019s ability to scale to its full potential \u2013 without the trust of those using services and products that they are safe while they do so, the demand simply will not be there to drive forward investment.
\nThankfully, a great deal of work is going into achieving that trust, among some of the most effective security professionals on the planet. The mobile industry has an excellent record of providing secure, reliable services, earning operators the status they now enjoy as the established and trusted providers of secure IoT services.
\nBuilding on this work \u2013 and taking it forward to meet new challenges as the IoT scales \u2013 the GSMA has developed IoT Security Guidelines<\/strong>,<\/a> a comprehensive set of best practice recommendations which provide a proven approach to end-to-end security.\u00a0 Solutions can be checked for compliance with the Guidelines by way of the IoT Security Assessment<\/strong>,<\/a> a straightforward and flexible framework which takes into account the immense diversity of the IoT market.
\nThis was welcomed at our seminar yesterday on IoT Security \u2013 Creating a Connected and Secure Future<\/strong>, a special session bringing together some of the world\u2019s leading authorities in cybersecurity. Delegates gathered to hear discussions among those at the forefront of securing the IoT, and consider the best approach to ensuring this in future.
\n\u201cTransparency on security credibility is key – it\u2019s all very well and good saying you\u2019re secure, but you need to prove it,\u201d warned Francisco Jose Ramirez Vicente, IoT Security Researcher at ElevenPaths.\u00a0 \u201cFurthermore, IoT is very diverse. Any assessment-based process has to fit with the diversity of the IoT, and the business models that IoT devices have to be accommodated.\u201d The GSMA agrees entirely with this, and it has informed design of the guidelines and assessment at all stages, so that IoT companies of all shapes and sizes can be sure they are properly shielding their solutions from cyberattack, and safeguarding customer data.
\nTo make this as effective as possible, cross-industry collaboration is essential. \u201cIoT security has to follow a standardised approach \u2013 it should share some basic features across many different sectors,\u201d explained Dr. Apostolos Malatras, Network and Information Security Expert at ENISA.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t work on our own, we work with different sectors and companies \u2013 ultimately, we\u2019re here to help you help us to help you. Together we can boost the basic level of cyber hygiene from where it stands at present, and indeed we must.”
\nTop of the agenda were hopes of building a consensus on industry-led approaches to best practice. There was agreement throughout the room that \u2013 however well-intentioned \u2013 it is unlikely civic authorities will be able to develop such frameworks as effectively as those whose working lives are spent absorbed in IoT security. \u201cWhen we say certification, what we really mean is conformance,\u201d explained Katerina Megas, NIST\u2019s Program Manager for IoT Cybersecurity. \u201cRequirements should be built in the standards \u2013 and we take a broad view of what a standard is \u2013 but ultimately we believe this should be industry-lead, through a consensus method.\u201d For this to work optimally, and avoid governments feeling they need to play a greater role, it is essential that events such as yesterday\u2019s take place. \u201cThe first challenge is around business drivers – there\u2019s not a single place where we can get all stakeholders together,\u201d observed Ms Megas.
\nWhile there is much work to be done, the industry is well-placed to win the trust of consumers in the years ahead.\u00a0 Carlos Carazo, Global CTO for IoT at Telef\u00f3nica, pointed out that many of the industry\u2019s core assets, like LTE networks and SIM cards, are highly secure by design. There is however no room for complacency, as was unanimously recognised by attendees. The live hack performed in the session focussed minds very well \u2013 if the industry is to reassure consumers of the safety of sensitive use cases like driverless cars, it will need to work at the top of its game over the next year. We at the GSMA are confident it will do precisely that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ian Smith, IoT Security Director, GSMA With broadening connectivity comes, unfortunately, greater potential for breaches of security.\u00a0 As the IoT expands, bringing an ever-increasing array of previously standalone objects online, there are correspondingly more points of entry for hackers to target. 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