Federal officials offer considerations for NIST in establishing an effective cybersecurity labeling program

Officials from three federal agencies discussed their approaches to establishing product labeling programs for the energy sector and other consumer protection efforts at a NIST workshop on cybersecurity labeling, providing a wide range of considerations for how NIST can make its pilot programs most impactful.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of developing criteria that could be used in cybersecurity labeling programs for consumer software and Internet of Things devices. NIST’s work is part...