GE Appliances Recognized for IoT Security Innovation with 2020 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award
Summary
CyberSecurity Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global information security market, today announced that GE Appliances, a Haier company (GE Appliances), has been named the winner of the “IoT Device Security Solution of the Year” award in the fourth annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program. “We’re honored to recognize GE Appliances for the Company’s long-standing commitment to consumer data protection, transparency and investment in security with our ‘IoT Device Security Solution of the Year’ award and we look forward to continued innovation from a pioneering connected home leader.” GE Appliances ensures that their best practices are applied to its entire IOT ecosystem, including the cloud servers, mobile applications and over its 600 connected products, through regular third-party penetration testing. Industry standards for access control, stored and transmitted data and mobile app security maintenance are also followed. Additionally, GE Appliances recently achieved the Gold verification level for UL’s IoT Security Rating. With the Monogram®, CAFÉ™, GE Profile™, GE®, Haier and Hotpoint brands, people have more choices for making their kitchens and homes amazing each day.