Manufacturer Usage Descriptions otherwise known as “MUD” facilitate’s device visibility and segmentation by allowing your network administrators to identify a specific type of IoT device and then define the appropriate behaviors for that device. IoT manufacturers are able to disclose to what devices are on the network, and what network policies they need for the devices to correctly function. This whitelist statement is something that customers can use to deploy access policies in their own networks without any guesswork.
Integration of this for small businesses, maritime, and other market segments is important and can improve cyber security. For now the market is biggest in Building Automation and IoT.
I hope this discussion leads to integration of the capability in Peplink Switches and router technologies to improve cyber security.