A group of heavyweight players in the world of digital security, including ARM, Intercede, Solacia and Symantec, have announced the Open Trust Protocol (OTrP). Not only does this aim to consolidate fragmented IoT (Internet of Things) security efforts into a single framework, but it aims to bring the mission critical security techniques used in banking and e-commerce, to the IoT and its billions of end-points. Others signing the OTrP Joint Stakeholder Agreement include Beanpod, Sequitur Labs, Sprint (part of SoftBank, as ARM is likely to be soon), Thundersoft, Trustkernel and Verimatrix. The group collectively assessed the security challenges facing the IoT, including the Industrial IoT (IIoT), smart home, healthcare, and transportation, and concluded that any system could be compromised unless…