{"id":43074,"date":"2021-09-27T02:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T02:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/quad-group-seeks-to-set-security-standards-for-global-tech-industry\/"},"modified":"2021-09-27T02:21:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T02:21:01","slug":"quad-group-seeks-to-set-security-standards-for-global-tech-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/quad-group-seeks-to-set-security-standards-for-global-tech-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Quad’ group seeks to set security standards for global tech industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Quad group of nations \u2013 the USA, India, Australia, and Japan \u2013 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.<\/p>\n

The four nations’ leaders met late last week and announced a set of initiatives<\/a>, among them development of shared “Quad Principles on Technology Design, Development, Governance, and Use”.<\/p>\n

A joint statement<\/a> outlines the aims of that document, including the following call to action for the technology industry:<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

The Quad was formed in 2004, formalised in 2007, ignored for a decade, then revived in 2017. The four member nations have since increased collaboration, culminating in last week’s summit. The language used regarding information security standards for the world represents a new level of global ambition for the group.<\/p>\n