Security News > 2022 > October > President Biden still wants his cybersecurity labels on those smart devices
The administration's efforts were unveiled at a Wednesday meeting attended by US deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology Anne Neuberger, Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, national cyber director Chris Inglis, and representatives from telcos and other tech companies including Google, AT&T, Cisco, Intel, Samsung and more.
The IoT industry still lacks a global harmonized way for measuring the security quality of connected products, which means consumers may not have the visibility they need into whether their IoT devices protect their data.
The IoT workshop of industry and government reps was referenced by Neuberger on Thursday during a streamed speech at Singapore International Cyber Week 2022 - a conference that drew government and industry representatives from all over the world to discuss cyber security.
The security advisor also said the US was looking to Singapore for inspiration on labelling as it had "Become a world leader in IoT" - a sentiment she also expressed to journalists the week prior.
During the conference, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore director Soon Chia Lim said the largely voluntary CLS scheme was designed with four levels so that developers and manufacturers feel they can easily climb to higher security ratings.
"In addition to signing these MRAs with countries with similar schemes, Singapore has been working with industry and government partners to put up a proposal to develop an international standard, ISO 27404, which defines a Universal Cybersecurity Labelling Framework for consumer IoT. The UCLF will serve as a guide for countries that are looking to implement and set up their own labelling schemes for consumer IoT," said Puthicheary.