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Follow on Google News | Barr Group's 2018 Embedded Systems Survey Reveals an "Internet of Insecure Things"More than 1 in 5 IoT Device Developers Fail to Spec Security as a Product Design Requirement
By: Barr Group Completed by more than 1,700 qualified respondents, the 2018 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey was designed to gauge the state of product development practices of embedded systems engineers from around the world (46 percent from North America, 33 percent from Europe, 10 percent from Asia, and 11 percent from other geographies) "Prioritizing security in every internet-connected embedded device is essential to maintaining the integrity of the IoT," said Barr Group CTO Michael Barr. "As also indicated by our survey, for both new internet-connected and non-internet- Further compromising the state of IoT security, survey results reveal that engineers developing IoT devices are still neglecting to implement industry-recommended design practices known to raise security levels of embedded systems. Of the engineers designing internet-connected devices: · 54% lack regular code reviews · 49% fail to perform static analysis · 33% lack a written coding standard · 17% lack a bug database In addition, the survey found that fewer than half of all embedded engineers designing for the IoT encrypt their data. "These results are highly concerning," 2018 Barr Group Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey Results at Embedded World Join Barr Group at Embedded World in Nuremburg, Germany, February 27–March 1, 2018, for two special presentations highlighting more detailed results from the 2018 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey. The following presentations by Barr Group CTO Michael Barr will take place at the Open Systems Media Embedded Pavilion located in Hall 3A, Stand 507: · February 27, 2018 (11:00AM–11: · February 28, 2018 (11:00AM–11: The complete 2018 Embedded Systems Safety & Security Analysis report will be available for download on February 27, 2018. For more information about Barr Group, contact experts@barrgroup.com. About Barr Group Barr Group, The Embedded Systems Experts®, is an independent provider of world-class product design, training, and consulting and of expert witness services for the embedded systems industry. Founded by internationally known experts in the design of safe and secure embedded systems, Barr Group is driven by its mission to help companies improve the overall reliability and security of all embedded system–based applications. Barr Group provides services for the automotive, medical, defense, industrial controls, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT) markets. More information about Barr Group is available at barrgroup.com. ### Barr Group, The Embedded Systems Experts, Embedded C Coding Standard, Embedded Systems Safety & Security Survey, Embedded Software Boot Camp, Embedded Android Boot Camp, and Embedded Security Boot Camp are trademarks or service marks of Integrated Embedded, LLC d/b/a Barr Group. Contact Angie Hatfield, Public Relations for Barr Group Hughes Communications, Inc. angie@hughescom.net 425-941-2895 End
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