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Use Case Survey

Posted on: February 16, 2016

We need your feedback!

The Open Connectivity Foundation is partnering with ARC Research to conduct some research in the industrial space. The goal is to get to end users to gain a better understanding of their needs for IOT. Please help us promote this survey, it will be available until March 15. There are many ways you can help, promote the link through your social media channels, distribute to your own user lists, and share as appropriate within your own company. As a thank you we will be awarding Visa gift cards.

Here is the link to share: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/iotivity

The survey will close on Friday, 15th March 2016. Visa gift card winners will be notified by 31st March 2016.

Thank you – OCF Administration

Open Connectivity Foundation Presents IoT standard

Posted on: January 3, 2020

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) has presented an international standard for smart home devices. With this standard, such devices from different manufacturers should become interoperable.

The new standard, the OCF Certification Program, aims to help manufacturers of smart home devices create products that “just work” with other IoT devices with the OCF 2.1 certificate. It does not matter what the form factor, the operating system or the service provider is, according to OCF on its website.

Read the full article by Eveline Meijer via AG Connect.

TÜV SÜD JOINS THE OPEN CONNECTIVITY FOUNDATION (OCF)

Posted on: October 12, 2021

TÜV SÜD is a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC). It recently joined the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) to help the organization’s membership advance trust, interoperability and secure communication between IP connected IoT devices and services.

As a trusted partner for safety, security and sustainability solutions, TÜV SÜD works with manufacturers of IoT and connected devices helping them achieve compliance with multiple mandatory global requirements including cybersecurity. This experience will be valuable to the ongoing work program of OCF. This promotes collaboration between stakeholders across the IoT ecosystem to deliver an ISO/IEC-based Secure IP Device Framework, an open-source reference implementation and an industry-recognized certification program. As a Gold member of OCF, TÜV SÜD will be eligible to participate in work groups; lead working groups and lead and participate in task groups.

Chris Guy, CEO of TÜV SÜD UK quoted “Connectivity is now the norm but with increased connectivity comes increased vulnerability, therefore security is paramount. We’re excited to be contributing to an organisation whose mission is to promote efficient interoperability and strong IoT security”.

Mark Trayer, OCF Chair comments: “OCF welcomes TÜV SÜD as a valued expert in IoT security. We look forward to benefiting from their expertise as they work collaboratively alongside OCF’s 500+ strong membership to enhance OCF’s trusted open internet protocol (IP) framework, which dynamically aligns with baselines for IoT security and privacy regulations, offering peace of mind and enriched experiences”.

Learn more about OCF membership.

ABOUT TÜV SÜD

TÜV SÜD is a global, trusted partner of choice for safety, security and sustainability solutions. Over the last 150 years, we have added value to our partners and customers through a comprehensive portfolio of testing, certification, auditing and advisory services.

ABOUT OCF

The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is a global, member-driven technical standards development organization. Its 500+ members are working to enable trust, interoperability and secure communication between IP-connected IoT devices and services.

III partners with OCF to lead the development of the IoT industry with various AI and smart home applications

Posted on: May 31, 2018

The Institute for Information Industry (III) , Taiwan, has formed a close partnership with the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) and has been fully engaged in helping Taiwanese firms to obtain international certifications. OCF and III held the conference on “Next Generation IoT Architecture” on June 7^th at Taipei World Trade Center, where Dr. John Joonho Park, the Executive Director of OCF, gave updates on OCF and its strategy for 2018 and 2019, and OCF members, including VIA Technologies, Lynx Technology, and Microsoft Taiwan shared the latest development of IoT technologies and applications.

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Building Upon NIST’s Core Cybersecurity Features

Posted on: October 28, 2019

By Mark Walker, Director, Technology Policy at CableLabs

This past August, the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) published a blog on the suggested core security capabilities for device manufacturers laid out by National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and how the OCF Specification includes and will continue to build upon these capabilities. As these capabilities are included in the OCF Specification, each OCF-certified device has been developed and maintained with security in mind. This security-by-design approach to device development allows the Internet of Things (IoT) to continue to evolve and helps prevent future security and interoperability challenges.

Last month, the OCF submitted comments to NIST in response to draft NISTIR 8259 (“Core Cybersecurity Feature Baseline for Securable IoT Devices: A Starting Point for IoT Device Manufacturers”). These comments range from support of different features to suggestions on how to continue developing these and other capabilities. The OCF supports NIST’s work in IoT security and specifically its development of a core cybersecurity feature baseline for the IoT. More broadly, the OCF urges NIST to work with global governments to help ensure harmonization of IoT security policy to accelerate the promised benefits of an IoT. The OCF also made clear that it has already implemented nearly all of the identified features in its specification and in the associated open source implementation.

The OCF is currently working through how to implement “cybersecurity event logging” and believes the industry would benefit from further guidance from NIST in this area. More generally, the OCF expressed its support for NIST’s flexible approach to implementing the identified cybersecurity features, the recommendation that IoT manufacturers use established IoT platforms, and the need to clearly communicate cybersecurity information to customers. However, the OCF suggested that NIST separate the core baseline of cybersecurity features (Section 4) from the business practice guidance (Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7) and place this latter guidance in a separate, standalone document.

By providing these comments and suggestions, the OCF is actively accomplishing its mission to work with government and industry organizations in order to develop a more reliable, secure IoT for all verticals around the world. As we have said before, developing IoT security cannot be brought by a single actor in the industry. Engaging with government organizations and contributing to industry-led security reports, such as the C2 Consensus, showcases the OCF’s leadership as well as its ability to help build a security framework that anyone can follow, no matter the size of the project. The OCF is here to enable every organization to make the IoT a reality.

OCF’s full comments can be found here.