open #iotmark certification mark
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@iot__mark
An Open #iot certification markAsking & Offeringada conf, Malmo, November 25th 2017
Warning
Where to find us
iotmark.wordpress.com
@iot__mark on twitter
iotmark.slack.com
What is it?
A global community effort to help consumers have the choice of better connected productsthrough a certification mark.
What’s a certification mark?
Is that like a standard?
No, it’s opt-in.
It’s visible to consumers.
It helps smaller organisation compete.
What is a better connected product?
Respects GDPRGives options for service provisionMakes the mechanisms and dependencies clearOffers clear support timelines Offers support for repairabilityFactory resetsSecure
What are we protecting consumers from?
Hardware that gets bricked if/when a company gets acquired or shuts down.
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Enabling them to move to another software service provider
What are we protecting consumers from?
Aggressive changes in terms and conditions that leads to core functionality being restrained or stopped.
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Asking the company to commit to maintaining the corefunctionality intact no matter how they pivot.
What are we protecting consumers from?
Their data being tied to the physical product when they want to sell it on or give it away.
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Asking the company to offer physical factory resets.
What are we protecting consumers from?
Being confused about how something works.
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Asking the company to be clear about the digital dependencies in the use of a physical object.
What are we protecting consumers from?
Being defrauded or their devices being hacked.
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Suggesting a path to secure hardware, firmware, back end, cloud services.
Defining open in a commercial context
Open as in open source? Open as in transparent?Open as in useful?
Our process
We have written up 30 principlesiotmark.wordpress.com/principles
All of them are assessible.
Our process
We are drawing up a competitive landscapeto find our sweet spot.
We think it might be startup friendly and lightweight.
Our process
We need more eyeballs on this.
Our process
We need to figure out if it’s a self-certified process or a verified process.
What will be easier to adopt and by who?
What will give consumers more confidence?
Our process
We need to figure out the governance structure of this project.
Do we partner with test houses?
Do we become a company, a foundation, a cooperative?
Get involved
iotmark.wordpress.com
@iot__mark
iotmark.slack.com
