# IoT Security is only as good as its weakest link

- Show: [EE Times Current](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current)
- Published: 2020-05-26
- Length: 36m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-05-26-iot-security-is-only-as-good-as-its-weakest-link
- Listen: https://podcast.show/aspencore/episode/61168238/

## Summary

Nitin Dahad hosts an episode on IoT security featuring John Moore of the IoT Security Foundation, who emphasizes that security is a process requiring resilience and vulnerability disclosure policies rather than a static certification. Sharon Hagi, Chief Security Officer at Silicon Labs, explains the 'silicon to cloud' ecosystem approach, arguing that security is only as strong as its weakest link across the entire device, network, and cloud stack. Emmanuel Sambuy of Silicon Labs details specific security implementations for medical devices, including the Series 2 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) portfolio, Secure Vault technology, and compliance with Diabetes Technology Society (DTSec) standards.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-05-26-iot-security-is-only-as-good-as-its-weakest-link#t=3) Introduction and IoT Security Foundation Overview
- [2:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-05-26-iot-security-is-only-as-good-as-its-weakest-link#t=159) Resilience, Safety vs. Security, and Vulnerability Disclosure
- [17:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-05-26-iot-security-is-only-as-good-as-its-weakest-link#t=1053) Silicon Labs' Silicon-to-Cloud Security Approach
- [27:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-05-26-iot-security-is-only-as-good-as-its-weakest-link#t=1638) Medical Device Security and DTSec Standards
- [31:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-05-26-iot-security-is-only-as-good-as-its-weakest-link#t=1904) Secure Vault, Key Management, and Future Threats

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Medical & health devices](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/medical-devices)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- IoT Security Foundation (company)
- Silicon Labs (company)
- Series 2 (product)
- BG22 (product)
- Secure Vault (product)
- DTSec (company)
- EN 303645 (other)
- CCPA (other)
- FDA (company)

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- [Breaking Embedded IoT Systems | Ken Munro, Partner at Pen Test Partners | #IoTMakers E036](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2019-08-07-breaking-embedded-iot-systems-ken-munro-partner-at-pen-test-partners-iotmakers-e) (IoT For All Podcast)
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