UK's Code of Practice on Consumer IoT Security

David Rogers

16Nov
13:00 16th November 2018 ( Michaelmas Term 2018 )
Tony Hoare Room, Robert Hooke Building

The UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has developed, in cooperation with industry, consumer associations and academia, the Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security. It brings together, in thirteen outcome-focused guidelines, what is widely considered good practice in IoT security. Its aim is to support all parties involved in the development, manufacturing and retail of consumer IoT to ensure that products are secure by design.

Launched in October 2018, it puts the UK head and shoulders above the rest of the world for leadership in IoT security. David Rogers explains the background to the Code of Practice, what the guidelines mean from a technology perspective and what will come next.

Speaker bio

Founder & CEO, Copper Horse and Mobile Technology, Cyber Security & Standards Adviser, Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), UK

David is an adviser to DCMS in the UK on a number of technology and cyber security topics. He is the founder and CEO of Copper Horse Solutions Ltd, a software and security company based in Windsor, UK. His company is currently focusing on security and privacy research for the Internet of Things.

David chairs the Device Security Group at the GSM Association and sits on the Executive Board of the Internet of Things Security Foundation. He is a Visiting Professor in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at York St John University and teaches Mobile Systems Security at the University of Oxford.

He has worked in the mobile industry for 20 years in security and engineering roles. Prior to this he worked in the semiconductor industry. Most recently he authored the UK’s ‘Code of Practice for Security in Consumer IoT Products and Associated Services’, in collaboration with DCMS, NCSC, ICO and industry colleagues.

David holds an MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford and a HND in Mechatronics from the University of Teesside.

He blogs from https://mobilephonesecurity.org and tweets @drogersuk