Overview#

Securing the IoT is challenging. It is also mission-critical. Threats are continuously evolving, and the demand on product developers to keep up can be burdensome – particularly in low-cost, resource-constrained IoT products. Protecting your product in a connected world is a necessity, as customer data and modern online business models are increasingly targets for costly hacks that jeopardize end-user privacy and corporate brand damage. Silicon Labs is committed to working with the security community, customers, and other experts to bring state-of-the-art technology to help protect your connected portfolio.

Silicon Labs is a member of the ioXt (Internet of Secure Things) Alliance. The ioXt Alliance was formed to bring together wireless carriers, leading consumer product manufacturers, standards groups, compliance labs and government organizations to align baseline security requirements, to set the stage for testing and compatibility certification, and to work together building global standards for the IoT world.

The ioXt alliance has produced the ioXt Security Pledge (https://www.ioxtalliance.org/s/ioXt-SecurityPledge-booklet-final.pdf) The pledge covers eight principles in the areas of Security, Upgradability, and Transparency. Silicon Labs has adopted these principles in our own operations as well as in the products we provide. Our approach to these principles is described in this document.

The above image and all pledge language is reproduced from The ioXt Security Pledge: 8 Principles for Consumer Product Design and Manufacturing to Ensure Security, Upgradability & Transparency (2019).