[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC IoT Roundtable Meeting in Leeds

Dear all,

The RIPE IoT Roundtable Meeting organised by the RIPE NCC took place on 
21 September 2017 in Leeds and was attended by 30 community members. 
Here are the main points that were discussed at the meeting:

- Vendors and retailers are unlikely to follow attempts at 
standardisation. A trusted IoT label might work, but not for 
low-margin/low-cost devices.

- Some CPE ports should be open for advanced users only. The RIPE 
community could help by documenting some of the risk factors and 
fall-back mechanisms around and behind CPE. When blocking ports is not 
possible, manufacturers have the ultimate responsibility.

- IoT poses a safety issue. Regulation might not be the ideal approach 
in dealing with this, as it would take time to implement and would 
increase the entry burden for starters. In the meantime, providers 
should step up to help minimise risks.

- Assigning liability and working out who the data controller is will be 
a challenge. Insurance will take time to catch up.

- There was strong support for a discussion on the creation of an IoT 
Working Group at RIPE 75. The draft charter was reviewed as well as the 
agenda for the IoT session at RIPE 75:
<https://ripe75.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/iot/>

A detailed overview of the meeting will be sent to the IoT mailing list 
next week:
<https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/ripe-mailing-lists/iot-discussion>


Best regards,

Marco Hogewoning
External Relations
RIPE NCC