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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Dec. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

    - UL's full suite of advisory, testing and certification services,

including the IoT Security Starter Kit, helps organizations manage their

cybersecurity risks and validate their cybersecurity capabilities to the

marketplace.

UL [

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], the global safety science leader, announced today that it will now offer an

Internet of Things (IoT) Security Starter Kit [

https://www.ul.com/services/iot-security-starter-kit ] to help improve internal

cybersecurity capabilities for a secure development life cycle (SDL), which

will help empower secure product development and life cycle management. The IoT

Security Starter Kit is based on SDL best practices and includes

security-by-design training, an SDL gap analysis, a product security

architecture review and penetration testing. Customers can customize these

offerings based on their company's specific security needs. Industrial

automation control system manufacturers and commercial, consumer and medical

device product manufacturers can benefit from the IoT Security Starter Kit.

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"With the complex nature of IoT and operational technology infrastructure,

companies need to maintain the right level of security for products and

systems. At UL, we can help spot potential security flaws early in the

development process through a customized security design and architecture

review. We can also identify potential product vulnerabilities and provide

remediation advice by conducting penetration testing of a product," said

Olivier Laborie, business development director of the Identity Management and

Security group at UL. "We work with companies to train their personnel on an

SDL framework, as well as perform a gap analysis of security processes and

documentation to ensure companies are equipped to prevent, identify and respond

to potential cyberthreats."

The increasing complexity of smart factories, adaptive production systems and

the new Industry 4.0 [

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] business models introduces a set of safety and security-related issues for

consideration. UL's full suite [

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] of advisory, testing and certification services, including the IoT Security

Starter Kit, helps organizations manage their cybersecurity risks and validate

their cybersecurity capabilities to the marketplace. UL possesses extensive

expertise in cybersecurity, with a global network of IoT and operational

technology security laboratories and more than 500 security experts and

advisers who have specialized expertise in global security standards,

frameworks and best practices across various consumer and industrial

ecosystems.

The IoT Security Starter Kit helps companies:

    -- Advance in-house security knowledge and capabilities

    -- Compare internal security processes and practices to industry frameworks

       and standards

    -- Prioritize processes and practices that require improvements to meet

       industry frameworks and standards

    -- Understand product, security architecture and design risks through

       testing for vulnerabilities and exploits

UL empowers trust in the marketplace by helping manufacturers and brands

improve the security of IoT products, devices and systems through a full suite

of cybersecurity solutions. These services help companies understand and manage

risks, secure products and protect their brand's integrity.

Learn more about UL's IoT Starter Kit [

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3376837-1&h=2914230647&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ul.com%2Fservices%2Fiot-security-starter-kit&a=UL%27s+IoT+Starter+Kit

].  

About UL

UL is the global safety science leader. We deliver testing, inspection and

certification (TIC), training and advisory services, risk management solutions

and essential business insights to help our customers, based in more than 100

countries, achieve their safety, security and sustainability goals. Our deep

knowledge of products and intelligence across supply chains make us the partner

of choice for customers with complex challenges. Discover more at UL.com [

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].

For information about Standards development and other nonprofit activities,

visit UL.org [

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].

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UL

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