'Quad' group seeks to set security standards for global tech industry

guest · Sep 27, 2021

'Quad' group seeks to set security standards for global tech industry
September 27, 2021
https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/27/quad_communqiue_technology_announcements/

The Quad group of nations – the USA, India, Australia, and Japan – has announced several joint initiatives to share technology and spur its development, among them a plan to set new global security standards for the technology industry.

The four nations' leaders met late last week and announced a set of initiatives, among them development of shared "Quad Principles on Technology Design, Development, Governance, and Use".
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A joint statement outlines the aims of that document, including the following call to action for the technology industry:

We expect technology suppliers, vendors, and distributors to produce and maintain secure systems, and to be trustworthy, transparent, and accountable in their practices. Technology developers should also build in safety and security-by-design approaches so that robust safety and security practices are a part of the technology development process.
The Quad was formed in 2004, formalised in 2007, ignored for a decade, then revived in 2017. The four member nations have since increased collaboration, culminating in last week's summit.
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The bloc also pledged to launch a "Quad Senior Cyber Group" that will see "Leader-level experts … meet regularly to advance work between government and industry on driving continuous improvements in areas including adoption and implementation of shared cyber standards; development of secure software; building workforce and talent; and promoting the scalability and cybersecurity of secure and trustworthy digital infrastructure."

Four-way collaborations of this sort are rare.
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China has dismissed the Quad as a flimsy arrangement, but also expressed its displeasure that the four member nations are attempting to contain its growth.
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