Security News > 2021 > September > 'Quad' group seeks to set security standards for global tech industry
The Quad group of nations - the USA, India, Australia, and Japan - has announced several joint initiatives to share technology and spur its development, among them a plan to set new global security standards for the technology industry.
The four nations' leaders met late last week and announced a set of initiatives, among them development of shared "Quad Principles on Technology Design, Development, Governance, and Use".
The joint statement also spells out the Quad leaders' desire that the Principles "Will guide not only the region but the world towards responsible, open, high-standards innovation".
Chips'n'China on the agenda as the Quad - Japan, India, Oz, US - prepares to meet.
"This initiative will help ensure Quad partners support a diverse and competitive market that produces the secure critical technologies essential for digital economies globally," a Quad communiqué states.
China has dismissed the Quad as a flimsy arrangement, but also expressed its displeasure that the four member nations are attempting to contain its growth.