Open Trust Protocol

A conglomerate of technology vendors, including ARM, Symantec and Sprint, in July said they are developing a protocol to address security challenges in the Internet of Things. The Open Trust Protocol aims to enable an open standard for trusted software to provide a system root-level of trust with customers who are concerned about IoT security.

The planned protocol, which will be designed to provide secure architecture and code management to protect connected devices, will be compatible with security systems such as ARM's TrustZone-based Trusted Execution Environments, which is designed to protect mobile computing devices from attacks.

Who It Impacts: Solution providers interested in connectivity services for the Internet of Things should keep a close eye on the progress made by the Open Trust Protocol.