Kansas-based Pepper IoT and New York firm Firedome have announced a partnership to protect millions of consumer IoT devices,

This partnership brings cyber-security, video and data protection capabilities to everyday consumer devices that are occupying homes.

Consumers installing connected devices are at heightened risk of hacker and bad actor access to their home networks. These networks serve as the hub of family digital activity including on-line banking, email and other types of communications, as well as connecting computers, laptops and mobile phones. Accessing these networks through cheap IoT devices is a clever and largely undetectable method for hackers, and even nation states, to access sensitive information.

The Pepper-Firedome partnership aims to set the standard for how responsible IoT should be executed. The combination of Firedome’s device agent and Pepper’s secure and US-based cloud platform and user interfaces should give distributors and brands of IoT comfort knowing their customers have a high level of privacy and cyber-security protection.

This approach provides end-to-end monitored cyber-security protection, encrypted data and video, and the ability to protect and remediate the increasingly common attempts to access home networks through IoT devices.

“The IoT device market is undergoing a major security transformation, largely driven by consumer security and privacy concerns,” said Moti Shkolnik, CEO of Firedome. “We are excited to be joining forces with Pepper to drive a new standard in comprehensive IoT security enabling our customers to provide unmatched cyber-security protection to their users. The Pepper-Firedome partnership signifies a new reality for leading brands and distributors to protect their customers from cyber attacks, whether they be on the device, their network or in the cloud. We are thrilled to be working with the team at Pepper to drive a new level of IoT device security to the market.”

Pepper IoT is a full-service platform enabling the IoT. Pepper works with large enterprises interested in leveraging the benefits of the IoT movement by providing full-stack, white-label options for manufacturers, service providers and retailers. The approach brings enterprise-grade cyber security and data privacy protections to consumer IoT.

“We have all heard of hackers and other unknown parties accessing video doorbells and baby monitors, which is terrifying,” said Scott Ford, CEO of Pepper IoT. “There are IoT devices in millions of US homes, and growing, that have little to no protections making it easy for hackers to access networks through IoT devices. Additionally, there are enemy state owned and operated platforms that are managing video and data communications from these devices in our homes, leading to greater household risk and even homeland security implications. We are delighted to be partnering with the team at Firedome adding state-of-the-art device protections to Pepper’s end-to-end 24/7 managed cyber-security approach designed to protect users of IoT products and services.”

Firedome develops software for IoT device brands. Its multi-layered security platform is focused on prevention, detection and response to threats and attacks, allowing device brands to protect themselves and their customers from the outcomes of cyber attacks. Firedome has offices in New York and Tel Aviv and employs multinational cyber, embedded, research and analysis experts.