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IoT Evolution 2025: Three Key Takeaways

Mar 04, 2025

While much of the Northeast battled bitter cold and snow, sunny Fort Lauderdale played host to IoT Evolution 2025, an event that brought together industry leaders, innovators and experts to discuss the future of IoT. Co-located with IT Expo and MSP Expo, the conference provided a prime opportunity to explore the evolving IoT landscape and its intersection with compliance, security and emerging technologies. Amidst insightful discussions and forward-thinking solutions, three key takeaways emerged that will shape the future of IoT.

Navigating IoT Regulations & Compliance

One of the event’s highlights was a 45-minute panel discussion with Somos’ Sri Ramachandran and Glenn Richards from Dickson Wright where they emphasized the complexities of "Navigating Government Regulations and Compliance for IoT." Sara Brown from Flolive moderated the session making it highly interactive and engaging as the audience weighed in on key compliance concerns.

Given IoT’s intricate ecosystem — spanning proprietary devices, diverse networks and countless applications — one of the biggest questions raised was:

Who is liable for non-compliance or potential failures in IoT deployments?

The panel addressed this and extended the conversation beyond IoT-specific regulations to adjacent policies impacting general communications, highlighting the broader regulatory landscape that businesses must navigate.

Exploring IoT’s Convergence with IT & MSP Markets

With IT Expo and MSP Expo running alongside IoT Evolution, the event presented valuable opportunities to engage with key players in robocalling and branded calling technologies. Given the rising focus on trusted communications, these conversations reinforced the critical role of identity validation and security in the telecom and IoT industries.

Meanwhile, at MSP Expo, we connected with numerous Managed Security Service Providers who showed great interest in enhanced IoT asset visibility and compliance solutions. This confirmed the growing need for robust security frameworks in managed services. At Somos, we address this need with SomosID™, which gives users transparency into their IoT assets helping organizations stay compliant and secure.

Collaboration Across Industry Leaders

This event offered ample networking opportunities, allowing industry leaders to exchange insights and forge strategic partnerships. The cross-section of attendees — from IoT developers to regulatory experts — fostered discussions that will shape the next phase of IoT security, compliance and innovation.

As IoT continues to evolve, compliance, liability and security will remain central themes. The conversations at IoT Evolution 2025 reaffirmed that collaboration between policymakers, businesses and technology providers is essential to ensuring a secure and scalable IoT future.

We look forward to continuing these discussions and driving innovation in the IoT space with SomosID. Visit www.somos.com/iot to learn more about how SomosID can help organizations gain greater transparency into their IoT assets current state and vulnerabilities.