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October 8, 2016 04:00 pm

MITRE Dangles $50,000 Prize For Spotting Rogue Internet of Things Devices

Long-time Slashdot reader chicksdaddy quotes Security Ledger:MITRE Corporation, the non-profit corporation that helps tackle some of the trickiest technical and security challenges out there, is dangling a $50,000 prize for anyone who can develop a solution for spotting rogue devices within an Internet of Things network...saying that it's looking for ground breaking new approaches to securing diverse Internet of Things networks like those in connected homes. "Network administrators need to know exactly what is in the environment, or the network -- including when an adversary has switched out one device for another. In other words, is the smart thermostat we see today the same one that was there yesterday? We are looking for a unique identifier or fingerprint to enable administrators to enumerate the IoT devices while passively observing the network... "Their registration form will be open through October, and the challenge will end after four weeks in November, or "whenever someone wins."

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