Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners hopes to see regulation for connected-device security in 2020. Munro: Regulation in consumer IoT is actually an enabler. U.S. Senate Bill 327 (SB-327) would require reasonable security feature or features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device s device The closest of these efforts to become law is SB-327, which will become law in January 2020. Earlier this year the U.K. government announced a new mandate promising new requirements for IoT manufacturers.
Source: https://threatpost.com/iot-security-regulation-horizon/145406/

