Good to see several cable companies verifying the equipment they ship to consumer’s homes are free of cyber vulnerabilities. It’s time for other companies providing consumer IoT products do the same before an embarrassing or worse dangerous cyber incident occurs.
“These communication service companies send lots of devices out to customers, who use them to get internet and cable services in their homes, But the devices themselves are made by other suppliers who make and put together the component parts. So the firms want to know whether their could be potential security issues with a device like a router before it ends up in someone’s home.”