Trusted Computing Group recently announced new work to secure the critical network gear that the Internet and connected things rely on. The group is now seeking input from the industry through Sept. 11, 2017. Input can be sent to [email protected].

TCG Guidance for Securing Network Equipment was developed to address the integrity of network equipment, including routers, switches, and firewalls critical to protecting data in motion, data at rest and the equipment itself. However, increasingly sophisticated and frequent attacks have compromised networks across the globe, putting business operation, financial information, and personal data at risk.

The document provides recommendations and detailed advice on how TCG standards should be used to secure network equipment such as routers, switches, and firewalls. Physical network functions are considered in this document; virtualized network functions are not considered in this version. While the TPM’s resistance to physical attack can help protect device identity, and can effectively prevent the leakage of credentials and other secrets, defense against physical attack is generally beyond the scope of this document. TCG technology users are in the midst of a transition between TPM1.2 and TPM2.0; this document is constructed to cover both TPM1.2 and TPM2.0 applications and to highlight differences when they’re important.

We welcome and encourage those in industry to review and input on this document at: https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/wp-content/uploads/TCG_Guidance_for_Securing_NetEq_1_0r26b_Public-Review.pdf

Input can be sent to: [email protected]

For more information, you can join TCG in a free webcast Tues., July 25, 10:00 a.m.  with Steve Hanna, Infineon and Michael Eckel, Huawei Technologies. More info and registration here:

Further reading on the IoT and TCG’s security can be found at: https://trustedcomputinggroup.org/securing-insecure-iot/.