Summary Report for “Cybersecurity for IoT Workshop: Future Directions”

Organizations increasingly use Internet of Things (IoT) products for the mission benefits they can offer, but care must be taken in the acquisition and implementation of this equipment. 

NIST Internal Report (IR) 8618 summarizes the presentations and feedback received by the NIST Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things (IoT) Program at the hybrid workshop on "Cybersecurity for IoT Workshop: Future Directions” held March 31 – April 1, 2026. The purpose of this workshop was to consider emerging and future trends for IoT technologies and their impact to IoT cybersecurity. Additionally, the workshop was intended to inform updates to NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-213, IoT Product Cybersecurity Guidelines for the Federal Government: Establishing IoT Product Cybersecurity Requirements, and the development of future IoT cybersecurity guidelines. NIST plans to release the initial public draft of NIST SP 800-213 Revision 1 on June 24th.