Date Published: May 14, 2021
Comments Due: June 14, 2021 (public comment period is CLOSED)
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The purpose of this draft paper is to start a conversation about what it means to have confidence in the cybersecurity of IoT devices used by individuals and organizations and the various ways of gaining that confidence. This paper describes the landscape of confidence mechanisms that are currently available for establishing the security of IoT devices in the marketplace. In preparing this paper, NIST conducted extensive research on initiatives that can help to instill confidence in IoT device security and held a series of meetings with government and industry experts to glean information on the unique aspects and challenges in this space.
NIST seeks comments on this paper and on the topic of confidence mechanisms including comments addressing the following questions:
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Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.18.ipd
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Document History:
05/14/21: CSWP 18 (Draft)