DoT security unit begins consultation to develop security framework for set-top boxes

Bengaluru-based National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), a unit under the Department of Telecommunications, has floated consultations to develop a security test requirement framework for set-top boxes. The Security Assurance Standards (SAS) division of NCCS will hold a meeting with the industry on the same on October 21.

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SAS will seek details around data privacy and security from stakeholders, including measures to prevent set-top box cloning, password policy, method to test electronic chips, and data storage. The division has asked stakeholders to submit their representative details before October 19.