{"id":48983,"date":"2022-10-20T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/president-biden-still-wants-his-cybersecurity-labels-on-those-smart-devices\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T09:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T09:30:14","slug":"president-biden-still-wants-his-cybersecurity-labels-on-those-smart-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/president-biden-still-wants-his-cybersecurity-labels-on-those-smart-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden still wants his cybersecurity labels on those smart devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Biden administration is pushing ahead with its drive to add cyber security labeling to consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and may join other nations in adopting the scheme pioneered by Singapore.<\/p>\n

This desire for labeling, and what’s been achieved so far, was discussed at a Wednesday meeting attended by US deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology Anne Neuberger, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) 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.<\/p>\n

Google’s VP engineering, Dave Kleidermacher, took to the Chocolate Factory’s blog<\/a> to confirm the company’s attendance at the workshop. The veep summarized the problematic nature of increasingly interconnected devices amid ever evolving cybersecurity threats:<\/p>\n

Standards for these US security labels are expected to roll out by Spring 2023, initially as a voluntary system. The labels are expected to feature ratings that reflect the quantity of data collected, how easily the device can be patched or upgraded to mitigate vulnerabilities, data encryption, and interoperability. The labeling effort began in Spring 2021<\/a> following an executive order by Biden.<\/p>\n

Essentially, the discussion this week was a progress update of sorts between government and industry on how these labels will be designed and used. The project is still in flux, from what we can tell.<\/p>\n

This workshop was referenced by Neuberger on Thursday during a streamed speech at Singapore International Cyber Week (SICW) 2022 \u2013 a conference that drew government<\/a> and industry representatives from all over the world to discuss cyber security.<\/p>\n

Neuberger said countries must work to avoid fragmentation of IoT standards since such fragmentation could burden consumers \u2013 particularly as they transit between jurisdictions.<\/p>\n