This panorama presents the list of regulations across the world. Most information was collected through public means.
Countries with Regulations
Current countries and zones with IoT cyber security regulations:
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
European Union
Finland
India
Japan
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Thailand Preliminary work announced. More information needed.
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Vietnam
If you want to reference this work, please refer to this page directly. This is to limit forks and consolidate efforts.
Note: The data is available on GitHub if you want to generate your own panorama.
Map of IoT Cyber Security Regulations
Summary table
The table below presents the results of our analysis with the following indicators:
- β Yes, π Partially, β No and π N/A (Not Applicable) when the information is available.
- β TBC (To Be Confirmed) when no information is available due to an on-going development.
Name of the regulation | Code of Practice - Securing the Internet of Things for Consumers | Requisitos de seguranΓ§a cibernΓ©tica para equipamentos para telecomunicaΓ§Γ΅es | Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act | Draft guidelines for the construction of basic security standard systems for the Internet of Things ('IoT') | Regulation on horizontal cybersecurity requirements for digital products and ancillary services | Regulation (EU) 2019/881 | Articles 3(3)(e) and (f) of the Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU | Tietoturvamerkki | Code of Practice for Securing Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) | IoT Security Safety Framework | Internet of Things Regulatory Framework | Internet of Things Security Regulatory Framework | Cybersecurity labelling scheme | IoT cyber security regulations | Internet of Things Regulatory Policy | The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill | H.R. 1668 - IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 | Senate Bill No. 327 - Information privacy: connected devices | House Bill 2395 | Decision No. 736/QΔ-BTTTT on 31 May 2021 ("Decision") Setting out the List of Baseline Requirements to Ensure Cyber Security for Consumer IoT Devices |
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Shortname | Code of Practice | Act nΒΊ 77, 5th of January 2021 | PIPEDA | IoT cybersecurity guidelines | Cyber Resilience Act | Cybersecurity Act | RED | Finnish Cybersecurity Label | Code of Practice - Consumer IoT | IoT-SSF | IoT Regulatory Framework | IoT SRF | CSL | π N/A | IoT Regulatory Policy | PSTI (Secure by Design) | IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2020 | SB-327 | HB 2395 | List of Baseline Cyber Security Requirements for Consumer IoT |
Author | Australian Government, Department of Home Affairs | Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications (Anatel) | Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada | Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) | European Commission | European Commission | European Commission | Finnish transport and communication agency (Traficom) | Telecommunication Engineering Center | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | Communication and Information Technology Commission | Telecommunications Regulatory Authority | Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) | Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) | Telecommunications Regulatory Authority | Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Science | Congress | California State Senate | Oregon House of Representatives | Authority of Information Security (AIS) |
URL | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | π N/A | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source | Source |
Date of issue | October 2020 | 5 January 2021 | August 2020 | On-going work | On-going work | On-going work for IoT | 29 October 2021 | 2020 | 31/08/2021 | 5 November 2020 | September 2019 | 14/12/2021 | October 2020 | On-going work | 22 March 2018 | 24/11/2021 | 12 April 2020 | 28 September 2018 | 16 April 2019 | 31/05/2021 |
Is the regulation in force? | β Yes | β Yes (applicable from 4 July 2021) | β Yes | β No | β No | β Yes (not applicable to IoT yet) | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β Yes | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes |
Scope | Consumer IoT | IoT and telecommunication equipment | All IoT systems (privacy-focused) | All IoT systems | All IoT systems | All IoT systems | Childcare radio equipment, toys, wearable devices, Internet-connected radio equipment (with exceptionsy) | Consumer IoT | Consumer IoT | All IoT devices and systems | All IoT systems | All IoT systems | Consumer IoT | β TBC | Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment providing IoT Service, IoT service providers | Consumer IoT | All IoT devices and systems | Consumer IoT | Consumer IoT | Consumer IoT |
Target Actors | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers, IoT suppliers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers | IoT Device Manufacturers, IoT Service Providers / System integrators, Mobile Application Developers, Retailers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers, IoT service providers | Vendors, Service Providers, Integrators, Licensees | IoT manufacturers, Consumers | β TBC | IoT manufacturers, IoT service providers | IoT manufacturers (producers) and distributors | Federal agencies owning or controlling IoT devices and systems | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers | IoT manufacturers |
Mandatory or Voluntary? | Voluntary | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory (likely) | Mandatory | Mandatory | Voluntary | Voluntary | Voluntary | Mandatory | Mix of mandatory and voluntary controls | Voluntary | Mandatory (β TBC) | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | Voluntary |
Is there a label or a certification? | β Label | β Certification (homologation) | β No | β Certification | β TBC | β Label | β No | β Label | β Certification | β No | β No | β No | β Label (levels 1 and 2), β Certification (levels 3 and 4) | β TBC | β No | β No | β No | β No | β No | β No |
Does the regulation mandate baseline security requirements? | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β TBC | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes |
Are there additional requirements to the baseline security? | β No | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β TBC (likely) | β No | β No | β Yes | β Yes | π N/A | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β TBC | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β No | β No |
Does the regulation contains assurance levels? | β No | β No | β No | β TBC | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β Yes | β No | π N/A | β No | β TBC (possible compliance check for mandatory controls) | β Yes, 4 levels (self-assessment to third-party verification by an accredited lab) | β TBC | β No | β No | β No | β No | β No | β No |
Is compliance with ETSI EN 303 645 a requirement? | β Yes | β No | β No | β No | β TBC (very likely to be β Yes) | β TBC (very likely to be β Yes) | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β No | β No | β Yes | β TBC | β No | β Yes (subset) | β No | β No | β No | β Yes |
Can ETSI EN 303 645 be used to comply with the regulation? | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β TBC | β Yes | β Yes | π Partially | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes |
Are other standards or guidance referenced? (cf. regulation) | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β No | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β Yes | β No | β Yes | β Yes | β TBC | β No | β No | β No | β No | β No | β No |
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About the Author
Dr. CΓ©dric LΓVY-BENCHETON is the CEO and founder of cetome. CΓ©dric has expertise in IoT security. CΓ©dric previously worked at ENISA, the European Union Cyber Security Agency. Before that, CΓ©dric designed critical networks for public transports.