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We live in a highly connected world. There are already approximately 10 billion connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and their number is expected to grow to over 25 billion by 2030. They also vary across every conceivable industry; simple IoT se… Continue reading Securing IoT from the ground up
UL announced that it will now offer an Internet of Things (IoT) Security Starter Kit to help improve internal cybersecurity capabilities for a secure development life cycle (SDL), which will help empower secure product development and life cycle manage… Continue reading UL IoT Security Starter Kit helps organizations manage their cybersecurity risks
The company that pioneered safety certification for electrical devices at the end of the 19th century and went on to represent a reassuring stamp of approval in the 20th century has quietly begun to issue cybersecurity certifications for networked software. Underwriters Laboratories, or UL as most people know from its ubiquitous logo, launched its Cybersecurity Assurance Program last year, publishing its 2900 standard that covers the security of software for network-connectable devices and special supplements with additional requirements particular to medical devices and industrial control systems. The requirements were drafted with the help of academics, industry experts and government officials — including federal “three-letter agencies” — UL Principal Engineer for Medical Software and Systems Anura S. Fernando told CyberScoop. The feds “provided us with some direction on what they’d like to see improved from a cybersecurity national posture point of view,” he said. According to a UL factsheet, its 2900 series of standards tests and evaluate products based on […]
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In an earlier article, I covered Fire Hazard Tests that form an important part of safety testing for electronic/electrical products. We looked at the standards and equipment used for abnormal heat, glowing wire and flame tests. A typical compliance test report for an appliance, such as a toaster, will be a fairly long document reporting the results for a large number of tests. Among these, the section for “Heat and Fire” will usually have the results of a third test – Tracking. It’s a phenomena most of us have observed, but needs some explanation to understand what it means. …read more
“Too many unhealthy products will pass the bare-minimum certification process.” Continue reading Underwriters Labs refuses to share new IoT cybersecurity standard
