{"id":50480,"date":"2023-02-09T00:30:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/uncle-sam-wants-to-strip-the-ios-out-of-iot-with-light-crypto\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T00:30:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T00:30:15","slug":"uncle-sam-wants-to-strip-the-ios-out-of-iot-with-light-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/uncle-sam-wants-to-strip-the-ios-out-of-iot-with-light-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncle Sam wants to strip the IoS out of IoT with light crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology wants to protect all devices great and small, and is getting closer to settling on next-gen cryptographic algorithms suitable for systems at both ends of that spectrum \u2013 the very great and the very small.<\/p>\n

At the tiny end, Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets include everything from implanted medical devices and keyless car fobs to wearable devices and smart cities systems. The number of IoT devices in use is enormous and growing rapidly. They often collect and store sensitive information, but are security-challenged by their limited size and low-power processors.<\/p>\n

The lightweight cryptography algorithms for IoT need to be powerful enough to offer high security and efficient enough to do so with limited electronic resources. They have been examined by experts for years to check for flaws.<\/p>\n