GlobalPlatform, a standard for secure digital services and devices, and Institute for Information Industry (III), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This will support Taiwan in bolstering digital transformation and enhancing the cyber resilience of its technology supply chains.
“Building cyber resilience on a global scale can only be achieved if industries and sectors come together to identify problems and align on solutions. With Taiwan further developing its reputation as a major global base for the development of next generation technologies, this partnership will help Taiwan bolster supply chain security,” comments Ana Tavares Lattibeaudiere, executive director of GlobalPlatform.
Cybersecurity for digital economy
The mission of the III is to promote application of Taiwan’s information communication technologies (ICT) and assist in the development of Taiwan’s digital economy. GlobalPlatform empowers stakeholders across industries with standardised technologies and certifications for digital services and devices that address business, security, regulatory and data protection needs.
The MoU reflects the commitment of Taiwan’s ICT industry to combatting cyberattacks, a government priority following 30 million targeted threats each month in 2022. It will enable GlobalPlatform and III to bring together key stakeholders from across Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain. This collaboration will facilitate the exchange of security alignment on the adoption of internationally recognised standards that combat cybercrime by ensuring security-by-design and trust through certification. This includes aligning local requirements with global cybersecurity regulations through the adoption of GlobalPlatform’s Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms (SESIP) methodology, which is used by both national and private certification bodies to create and manage IoT cybersecurity certification schemes.
Mapping IoT cybersecurity compliance with SESIP
“GlobalPlatform’s standardised technologies and certifications can help Taiwan’s security community build cyber-safe products that are trusted on a global scale. We are already seeing strong interest in how the SESIP methodology can be used to strengthen Taiwan’s cybersecurity provision,” adds Ana.
Different countries and regions are defining security, privacy or resilience regulations that request specific security features to be evaluated. SESIP addresses this challenge by mapping to other standards from bodies including ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) / IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), providing a common and optimised approach for evaluating security and demonstrating trust.
“Taiwan spent multiple decades creating the “Made in Taiwan” brand of trust. Following this, the world can now acknowledge our products as “Made in Trust,” comments Taiwan Government.
“This is a new opportunity for us and a new blue ocean for Taiwan’s cybersecurity ecosystem. III established the “Collaborative Test Laboratory on Chip Security” to focus on the security of Taiwan ICT products, especially in chipset hardware,” adds III.
“III looks forward now to continued cooperation with GlobalPlatform to assist manufacturers in implementing international standards and promoting the SESIP certification scheme. Our partnership is achieving a win-win situation for the semiconductor and network security industries, and enables Taiwan semiconductor companies to be trusted partners in the global supply chain.”
Interested in getting involved? Certification bodies and security evaluation laboratories can download the methodology, participate in GlobalPlatform’s SESIP licensing programme and contribute to the organisation’s work on IoT security.
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