Keyfactor Enhances IoT Security Scalability in Platform Update

Keyfactor, a leading provider of secure digital identity management solutions, today announced the launch of Keyfactor Control 6.

This newest release of the company’s flagship, end-to-end secure identity platform addresses scalability in connected device security. Keyfactor Control secures, authenticates and future-proofs IoT identity at every step of the device lifecycle, providing a scalable IoT security solution.

“The threat landscape is changing – trends like IoMT are creating new security risks and attack vectors, particularly when it comes to connected healthcare,” says Ted Shorter, CTO and Co-Founder of Keyfactor. “Any data transmitted across a network represents digital identities of patients and connected hospital equipment. Protecting highly sensitive data like medical records calls for end-to-end encryption and digital signatures to secure and protect it from compromise.”

According to Gartner Inc., a research and advisory firm, “the IoT brings significant IT capability to a healthcare delivery organization, but brings with it additional risks. These new IoT-based vulnerabilities are outside the normally understood boundaries of information security or cybersecurity when viewed from the IT perspective¹.”

“In terms of IoT devices, getting security ‘right’ must happen at design time,” says Shorter. “But it’s not all about devices – security has become a part of the larger equation and organizations need to consider the security posture of devices as an aspect of its overall effectiveness when making purchasing decisions.”

Keyfactor Control embeds high-assurance secure device identity from manufacturing through deployment and operation. The platform’s capabilities include IoT security scalability, one-step Root of Trust (RoT) management and fully managed private PKI.

Key features include:

• Secure Code Signing ­– Turnkey firmware signing and verification implementation via Keyfactor Control SDK, which ensures genuine software installations.
• Centralized PKI Management – Enabling the ability to discover, monitor, issue and replace millions of certificates and keys in real-time.
• No More Shared Credentials – Allowing every device to generate its own unique cryptographic key securely, which never leave the device that generated them.
• Global Manufacturing Support – Automatically registering and securing all devices, regardless of where they’re manufactured.
• Device Encryption – Providing encryption on device and in transit, ensuring continuous device overlay.

“As the number of connected devices continues to grow, continuously managing security across those devices becomes a tougher task,” says Kevin von Keyserling, CEO and Co-Founder of Keyfactor. “Keyfactor Control delivers just that – control over every connected device on the network. Critical security tasks that could take weeks can be done with the click of a button. Customers can disconnect compromised or suspicious devices and replace keys and trusted roots instantly, without disruption and in real-time. This is a game changer for innovative product teams needing a competitive edge.”

For more information about Keyfactor and its services, please visit www.keyfactor.com.