The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is providing a new level of protection for consumers who are worried about potential cybersecurity risks to connected consumer devices.
In December, I had the opportunity to participate in the ninth annual EU-U.S. Cyber Dialogue hosted by the EU Commission and the European External Action Service in Brussels. This was the second year in a row that I have participated in the Dialogue and the four-hour long discussion could be summarized in a single term: mutual recognition. During the previous year's discussion was what I would describe as exploratory; meaning that both sides were in the process of figuring out their respective approaches to overseeing the cybersecurity of connected devices. However, a lot has changed in just 12 months. Today, we have a final political agreement on the EU Cyber Resilience Act and a proposed U.S. Cyber Trust Mark that will serve as rulebooks for how to secure connected devices within the two economies respectively. Many in industry have noted the importance of finding common ground between the two programs so that manufacturers can continue to leverage their economies of