Episode 250: Window Snyder of Thistle on Making IoT Security Easy

This transcript and article cover a Security Ledger podcast interview with Window Snyder, founder and CEO of Thistle Technologies, about persistent IoT security problems and Thistle’s approach to addressing them. Snyder describes the Thistle Security Platform — developer tools, libraries and backend services for secure updates (OTA), memory-safe network stacks, secure boot and key management — and discusses challenges including long device lifecycles, poor update practices, insufficient security features, supply-chain risks, and abandoned devices. The conversation emphasizes making secure development accessible to device makers, options for retrofitting deployed devices, and the broader need for industry and regulatory attention to improve IoT security.