Etisalat announced that it is adopting the GSMA's IoT security guidelines that outline best practices for the secure design, development and deployment of IoT services.
These IoT Security Guidelines, backed by an IoT Security Assessment scheme, are targeted for IoT service providers, device manufacturers, developers and mobile operators. They address typical cybersecurity and data privacy issues associated with IoT services and outline a step-by-step process to securely launch solutions to market.
The GSMA IoT Security Guidelines:
- Include 85 detailed recommendations for the secure design, development and deployment of IoT services
- Cover networks as well as service and endpoint ecosystems
- Address security challenges, attack models and risk assessments
- Provide several worked examples
Globally AT&T, China Telecom, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Orange, Telenor, Telefónica, Telia and Turkcell are the operators in agreement to adopt these practices that will set out a comprehensive security assessment scheme to help ensure IoT services are protected against IoT security risks. There will be a reach of 3.1 billion IoT connections by 2025, according to GSMA Intelligence.
Francisco Salcedo, SVP, Etisalat Digital
Today it has become imperative to focus on the need to have a common IoT assessment and security guidelines that are adapted by global operators, IoT device manufacturers and developers.
Alex Sinclair, CTO, GSMA
For IoT to flourish, the industry needs an aligned and consistent approach to IoT security. Our guidelines encourage the industry to adopt a robust set of best practices that will help create a more secure IoT market with trusted, reliable services that can scale as the market grows.
