ioXt Alliance Works Toward Global Security Standardization

Jan. 13, 2023

The organization, made up of more than 600 OEMs, labs, and manufacturers, aims to bring IoT security upgradability and transparency into the hands of consumers.

David Maliniak

Related To: Microwaves & RF

This article appeared in Microwaves & RF and has been published here with permission.

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At CES, Senior Editor David Maliniak caught up with Grace Burkard, Director of Operations at the ioXt Alliance. She discusses the fragmentation of standards between industries, countries, and types of products, which makes it difficult for manufacturers to achieve certification.

Burkard stresses the need for transparency between standards and explains that ioXt Alliance-certified products have a QR code a company can display on the product or website.

“A consumer can come up, scan it, and it will take them directly to their product page,” said Burkard. “And it shows what levels they need for their security.”

After Executive Order 140288 came out, the administrations tasked NIST to better the cybersecurity products in the U.S.

“They’re taking it one step further, and they're looking to create a national label that they can give to manufacturers in the U.S.,” noted Burkard. “And there's a lot of different organizations who are on board with this.”

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David Maliniak | MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.