1. Key Policy Questions and Expectations:
This goal of this session is to identify the best ways to ensure consumers can make informed security choices about consumer IoT devices (and concomitant services). While different initiatives are focusing on identifying core security standards for consumer devices, there is less collaboration on mechanisms that can surface this information to consumers in a meaningful way, recognizing that security is one of many issues a consumer considers in deciding whether to purchase an IoT device. Below are three policy questions that can guide this discussion:
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How can we help consumers understand more about the security features of IoT devices, and how can this information be standardized and surfaced in both screened and screenless environments?
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What core security information is essential for consumers to know about before they purchase an IoT device?
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How might consumers make more informed security choices based on security-related information that is surfaced to them?