September 2020 Newsletter

Key discussion topics from the Board of Director’s Strategy Meeting

As you might suspect, many of the discussion topics related to IoT and Certification – two high priority areas for our members.  We have IoT activities underway in our IoT Task Force, the Trusted Platform Services (TPS) Committee and in IoTopia.  We looked carefully at these discrete activities with an eye to simplification and alignment to make it more effective and efficient for members to participate and contribute.  On this topic, a detailed announcement will be sent to members in the coming weeks.  The Board also dissected the input received from our SWOT analysis, the results of which will be shared during the virtual Fall All-Member meeting.  Stay tuned!

Watch our first MUD webinar with Eliot Lear

For members that were unable to attend the first MUD webinar, the recording is now available on the member-only website.

The webinar, hosted by Cisco’s Eliot Lear, explores the security considerations that IoT manufacturers must consider when building connected devices, including how MUD files enable devices to securely interact with a network.

Blog: What is device attestation?

Another addition to GlobalPlatform’s Insight blog series, in which our TPS Committee Chair, Jeremy O’Donoghue, looks at device attestation.

In an expanding IoT, more devices than ever before are connecting to networks. With this comes an increased risk of tampered or ‘fake’ devices connecting to a network and carrying out attacks. Attestation helps a network to identify a device before it connects, through a secure component which acts as a Root of Trust (RoT), thus increasing confidence in the expanding IoT.

Thank you for attending our Taiwan workshop

On 25 August, GlobalPlatform, alongside prime sponsor Winbond, hosted its IoT Security and Certification Schemes Workshop in Zhubei City, Taiwan.

The workshop, with its unique blend of 15 onsite and virtual speakers, offered almost 100 delegates the opportunity to learn about secure component technologies and the evaluation methodologies that support IoT manufacturers and certification bodies in establishing their own certification schemes.

The sessions fostered insightful discussions around IoT trust and the role that certification plays in helping IoT reach its full potential.

We would like to thank all delegates for attending the workshop, as well as special thanks to Winbond and event partners Arm and Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) for their support.