NIST proposes baseline criteria for development of IoT labeling program

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released a draft white paper outlining criteria that could be used to create a pilot labeling program for consumer Internet of Things devices, ahead of a Sept. 14-15 workshop to gather feedback from stakeholders.

The paper is in response to a directive in President Biden’s May cyber executive order that tasks NIST with initiating “pilot programs informed by existing consumer product labeling programs to educate the public on the security capabilities of...