“Today the Thread Group and the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) announced that the two alliances will work together in their mission to advance the adoption of connected home products. The Thread Group and OCF share many member companies who will benefit from this liaison agreement, and both groups are committed to driving improved cross-application interoperability and device connectivity in the connected home […]”
http://threadgroup.org/
https://openconnectivity.org/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160727005150/en/Thread-Group-Open-Connectivity-Foundation-Create-Liaison
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1330203&_mc=sm_eet_editor_rickmerritt
Firmware Security 