Katerina Megas

Five Years Later: Evolving IoT Cybersecurity Guidelines

May 13, 2025

The Background…and NIST’s Plan for Improving IoT Cybersecurity The passage of the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act in 2020 marked a

Kicking-Off with a December 4th Workshop, NIST is Revisiting and Revising Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers, NIST IR 8259!

November 21, 2024

In May 2020, NIST published Foundational Cybersecurity Activities for IoT Device Manufacturers (NIST IR 8259), which describes recommended cybersecurity

IoT Assignment Completed! Report on Barriers to U.S. IoT Adoption

October 22, 2024

The 16 members of the NIST-managed Internet of Things (IoT) Advisory Board have completed their report on barriers to the U.S. receiving the benefits of IoT

Managing Cybersecurity and Privacy Risks in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Launching a New Program at NIST

September 19, 2024

The rapid proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises significant value for industry, consumers, and broader society, but as with many technologies

SSDF and IoT Cybersecurity Guidance: Building Blocks for IoT Product Security

June 22, 2023

NIST’s IoT cybersecurity guidance has long recognized the importance of secure software development (SSDF) practices, highlighted by the NIST IR 8259 series

The Importance of Transparency – Fueling Trust and Security Through Communication

April 3, 2023

Who needs to know ‘What,’ ‘When,’ and ‘How’ to tell them The Challenge There are many challenges to providing and maintaining cybersecurity in today’s connected

Standards: The CPSO’s Best Friend

July 15, 2022

Workshop Shines Light on Role of Standards in Cybersecurity for IoT What do Chief Product Security Officers (CPSOs) want to make their job easier? As it turns

Our Quest: Advancing Product Labels to Help Consumers Consider Cybersecurity

February 16, 2022

For many decades, consumers have relied on labels to help them make decisions about which products to buy. Sometimes the labels make assertions about what

Hot Topics in Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling – Our December 2021 Workshop

January 12, 2022

On May 12, 2021 the White House released an Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity which, among other things, tasked NIST to develop

What We’ve Heard: Aggregating and Implementing Stakeholder Feedback

March 30, 2018

As part of our mission, the NIST Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) Program develops guidelines for improving the cybersecurity of connected devices