"The hybrid home network is clearly the network of the future - offering the best networking technology to meet the consumer's needs - so IEEE establishing this standard is significant, " said Rob Ranck, president of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance.
Another benefit is that these world chipsets will give network operators new freedom when making future decisions about technology (where the technology is not mandated by the government) and they will make things easier for operators with networks on both technologies.
The system is also made future proof by a patent-pending capability to swap out the wireless card should hardware technology change or if the user chooses a different network infrastructure in the future.
While both the threats and technologies associated with cyberspace are dynamic, the existing balance in networktechnology favors malicious actors, and is likely to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.