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A recent article in The Hacker News highlights an all-too-common—and often overlooked—cybersecurity risk in connected manufacturing systems: default passwords. In one case, Iranian hackers managed to access a U.S. water pressure station serving 7,000 people simply by using the factory-default PIN “1111” (thehackernews.com).
What’s more alarming? Research shows that one in five IoT devices is still operating with default credentials intact. These weak, shared passwords are like low-hanging fruit for attackers—they’re well-known, easy to find, and routinely ignored .
In April 2025, the UK government released its Cyber Security & Resilience Bill policy statement—marking a major overhaul of the UK’s cyber regulations. This introduces sweeping changes that will resonate deeply with IoT/OT device operators and manufacturers alike.
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KeyScaler 2025 simplifies full lifecycle management of unmanaged devices in line with new NIST recommendations
Global leaders in automated IoT security and identity management, Device Authority has today announced the 2025 release of its award-winning KeyScaler and KeyScaler as a Service (KSaaS) platform which enables a more streamlined experience to simplify and strengthen the lifecycle of organizations’ unmanaged devices as well as new AI-powered capabilities which underpin the entire platform.