The Revised EU Radio Equipment Directive
The European Union’s Radio Equipment Directive (RED), first implemented in 2014, has undergone significant revisions to address increasing cybersecurity risks associated with interconnected devices. These updated provisions, set to [...]
US Executive Order on port cybersecurity
In February, the Biden White Office issued an Executive Order to enhance the cybersecurity of US ports and strengthen the United States’ supply chains. The Executive Order gives greater [...]
Creating a European Chips Industry
In September 2023, the EU Chips Act came into force. The Act aims to address a range of supply chain and strategic issues that have emerged since 2020 by [...]
UK PSTI tightens IoT cyber regulation
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) is a UK law designed to improve the security of smart devices that connect to the internet or local networks. It [...]
Four ways AI regulation could affect AIoT
Technology companies and their customer are rushing ahead with the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). The fast pace of adoption and unknowns about the long-term consequences of [...]
Spain aims for Digital Transformation
Hard hit by Covid-19, Spain received one of the largest budgets under the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience programme, part of the EU’s NextGenerationEU. The NextGenerationEU programme is a [...]
Why regulators and standards bodies are taking a close look at IoT security
The internet of things has a bad reputation when it comes to security. Much of it is earned. For years, some device manufacturers ignored basic security practices around access [...]
U.S. Department of Transportation announces SMART grants for 2024
The Biden-Harris administration has announced that it is accepting applications for the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grants program. In its third year, the U.S. Department of Transportation [...]
The Digital Silk Road: A technology growth engine
The Digital Silk Road is a component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. It aims at the development and export of Chinese sourced embedded and systems technology in communications, [...]
The largest transport project in US history
The 2021 US Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides $1.2 trillion in investment funds to US states and federal authorities to enable recovery from the covid pandemic and [...]
Making Germany Resilient
In the 2020s, Germany has found itself beset by the effects of four major economic and social shocks that have afflicted it over a period longer than a decade. [...]
Europe’s $870bn regeneration plan
Next Generation EU is the European Union’s €807 billion (US $873 billion) investment programme launched in 2020 in response to the Covid crisis. It aims to support digital and [...]
