The United Kingdom Government Wants to introduce new IoT Security legislation ByBill Toulas-January 28, 2020.372 IoT Security in the United Kingdom will soon be backed up by special legislation. Device manufacturers will now have to feature unique and powerful passwords and get frequent updates. By the end of 2025 the planet will have 75 billion IoT apps beeping out there so it’s got to do something. The United Kingdom Department of Digital Culture Media Sport (Dcms) partnered with the National Cyber Security Center to propose new regulationsRecent eventsnegligent and even unable to protect their goods, and as long as there is no legislation to compel them to behave more appropriately, they only have to bear the negative publicity that accompanies an accident. The passwords for IoT devices must be special and not reset to any default factory setting. IoT device manufacturers provide a public contact point as part of a vulnerability disclosure policy. IoT software manufacturers expressly state the total length of time the system can receive security updates for. The above rules that sound “simple,” but given how most vendors choose to disregard them will make a lot of difference. Obviously obedience to these three laws will not make it 100% free, but they will build the basis for a safer environment. IoT apps are low-hanging fruits for malicious actors and hackers right now and many consumers have no idea what they should do to harden their protection. The Dcms predicts there will be roughly 75 billion IoT devices operating in homes around the world by the time we reach the end of 2025. This number is appallingly high, and is a significant risk if these devices are not properly secured. It is futile to do exactly that which is long overdue and wait for the vendors to invest in safety. “We want to make Great Britain. Safe place to be online with pro-innovation regulation that builds trust in modern technology. Our new law will hold companies that manufacture and sell Internet-connected devices to account for and stop hackers from breaching the privacy and security of individuals. It will mean that robust safety standards are built-in from the design stage and not bound as an afterthought. “