To help you better understand why we are hardly pushing this crucial initiative, I would like to quote a proverb from a famous Americain physician Dean Ornish which says “Fear leads to more fear, and trust leads to more trust
Eventhough IoT is bringing a lot of benefits to businesses and consumers, THE FEAR IS THERE… cyber attacks on IoT devices are increasing and this problem isn’t one for the years to come. It’s a problem that needs to be solved today.
Plus, the number of IoT devices keeps growing at an increasingly faster pace, and more of them are reaching the market. Thus the collective FEAR is growing… That's why we need to focus on addressing the security of IoT in all sectors.
Yes the EU Cybersecurity Act is operational since September 2019 and is becoming a reality with the creation of the first EU certification schemes in 2021.Certification are intended to bring TRUST that will leads to more and more TRUST and security for the EU consumers and businesses.
The Commission is convinced that security by design is a key and that certification of IoT devices must be a priority.
The Council recognize also the importance of the certification and support the creation of the IoT Certification Scheme. Excellent News for all of us… but the less good part of it is that it looks like it is not for 2021… due to some lack of capacity… ! And let’s face it IoT is a huge complex ecosystem, although there are several initiatives on the market today we are going to face several challenges…
In this presentation you'll find the top 6 of these challenges that I’ve often heard from different stakeholders while working with several organizations to create IoT certification schemes (from the IoTSF, to IoXT Alliance, GSMA, to Eurosmart,, ECSO, GP, CEN-CENELEC, ISO, etc.)
Every challenge is affected to the steps impacted as defined by Article 54 of the CSA guiding us in creating the certification scheme.