Japan - Launch of IoT Product Security Labeling Scheme (JC-STAR)

​The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) have launched the “Labeling Scheme based on Japan Cyber-Security Technical Assessment Requirements” (JC-STAR).
JC-STAR aims to evaluate and visualize IoT product security using a common standard, enabling purchasers and procurers of IoT products - from government agencies to private companies and general consumers - to easily select products that meet their desired security levels.​​​

The scheme is a voluntary multi-level scheme that establishes security requirements to address minimum threats common to all IoT products in scope as a unified baseline (STAR-1), as well as security requirements per product category to address characteristics of each product category (STAR-2, STAR-3, and STAR-4).​​