Ken Munro

CEO, Pen Test Partners Inc.

Ken looks after vulnerability disclosure and advises on security policy around IoT. The work of his team on My Friend Cayla, the vulnerable talking kids doll, was cited as one of the catalysts for California State Bill 327, regulating IoT security for California residents. He’s briefed US government departments and spoken at TEDx, DEF CON villages, RSA, Black Hat, BSides and numerous other security events. If you want his attention, just market your smart device as ‘unhackable’.

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Has IoT Security Improved? Or Is It Still Down The (Smart) Toilet?

Date: Thursday, September 12

Presented by: Ken Munro, CEO, Pen Test Partners Inc.

It’s been nearly a decade since we first showed security fails in talking kid’s dolls and tea kettles. Since then, we’ve been pushing standards bodies and the government to provide guidance to protect consumers privacy. Regulation is coming very soon, so how do we all avoid failing foul of it? The fines for non-compliance are punchy in some regions. In the meantime, we keep finding facepalm-worthy security issues in IoT. Let’s learn from those in an informative and entertaining talk about hacking smart toilets, ski tech, connected airplanes and plenty more.