ioXt Alliance welcomes Capgemini as a new authorised lab for ioXt certification
The ioXt Alliance, a global standard for IoT security has announced the addition of Capgemini to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology, to the ioXt Authorised Labs certification programme. Authorised labs are the third-party test providers for the ioXt Alliance. Authorised labs perform all testing required for IoT devices to be certified by ioXt and to bear the ioXt SmartCert label, which provides security assurance to enterprises and consumers.
Capgemini works with technology companies to help them deliver exceptional personalised experiences to their customers, to harness the potential of data, and to optimise the operation of their systems and processes. Capgemini applies a breadth of expertise to address the full range of business needs across four areas: strategy and transformation, applications and technology, engineering, and operations. Capgemini features a global network of cyber defense centres and testing labs, enabling the company to accommodate and provide testing services for ioXt’s worldwide customers.
“IoT cybersecurity is a key element of our customers’ cybersecurity strategies,” says Juan Angel Sanchez and Jesus Munoz, cybersecurity business specialist and lab manager, respectively, of the Capgemini Malaga Cyber Defense Centre Laboratory. “By becoming an ioXt authorised lab, we are able to expand our testing and certification services to not only meet our customers’ needs but also keep their products safe with high assurance. The IoXt Alliance helps create a secure IoT market with trusted, reliable certification services that can scale as the market grows.”
“We’re very pleased to welcome Capgemini as an Authorised Labs partner to work with us to advance security in the IoT industry,” says Jan Bondoc, vice president of information technology at the ioXt Alliance. “Authorised labs are important organisations in the ioXt Alliance as they provide third-party ioXt certification testing to ensure devices are secure for consumers and businesses to use. Third-party testing, validation and ioXt certification creates peace of mind for IoT device manufacturers, their partners and customers.”
With certification profiles created by top-tier companies in technology and device manufacturing, the ioXt Alliance is the only industry-led, global IoT device security and certification programme in the world. Devices with the ioXt SmartCert label give consumers and retailers greater confidence in a highly connected world.
Focused on security, upgradability, transparency and compliance, the ioXt Certification Programme evaluates products against the eight ioXt pledge principles which require that the devices be tested against clear guidelines for quantifying the optimal level of security needed for a specific device within a product category. Once a device meets or exceeds the requirements after testing, it receives the ioXt SmartCert label.
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