About the speakers

Helene Sigloch - Product Security Expert / Global Development - Electronics and Drives, in charge of: Secure Development Processes, Security Management, and Security Awareness. Background: Studies in mathematics in Germany and Sweden, PhD in mathematics at Freiburg, Postdoctoral researcher & teacher in maths University Regensburg.

Tomasz Ciszkowski - Head of Technology Management Center Warsaw / Global Development - Electronics and Drives, in charge of multidisciplinary engineering team and applied technologies for product development: Edge-Cloud AI/ML, IoT, SW and data, Computer Vision, NLP, Multimodal Interactions, Embedded Systems, Security. Background: computer engineering and science, M.Sc. – telecommunication; Ph.D. graduate with security applications; business administration -ExMBA.

Summary

Home appliance manufacturers increase consumer experience by delivering extended value via connected digital services. Examples include companion mobile apps, over-the-air updates of products or integration with 3rd party solutions like smart speakers with voice assistants. Connected home appliances fully integrate into a modern connected home of an IoT world. This poses interesting security challenges throughout the life cycle of the appliance - starting from development, during after sales operations and ending up at decommissioning of the appliance. The presentation will highlight selected security challenges, threats and best practices at BSH, a leading home appliance company in Europe with its global brands: Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau.