Security News > 2022 > July > How kitemarks are kicking off IoT regulation

The DCMS helped fund the roll out of assurance schemes leading to IASME launching its IoT Security Assured Scheme in 2021.

The theory is that the product assurance scheme will spur compliance ahead of the PSTI, making the transition that much easier for the IoT industry, and the fact that many have aimed high suggests the approach is working.

IoT kitemark schemes vary internationally, from labels that denote compliance with a set of cybersecurity criteria, to a single label that attests basic security features are provided, to several tiers or even a label that lists cybersecurity information about the IoT device.

After reviewing IoT kitemark schemes, it published its Criteria for Cybersecurity Labeling for Consumer IoT in February of this year based upon NISTIR 8259, a set of documents that baseline cybersecurity capabilities for IoT devices from an analysis of international standards and guidance.

The scheme has yet to be rolled out and subjected to the rigors of the real world and, unlike the IASME scheme, it isn't a precursor to formal regulation.

Which means these kitemark schemes and consumer purchase power really could be enough to kickstart more effective IoT security.

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