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STANDARDS ANALYSIS ICT SECTOR LUXEMBOURG Version 8.0 · November 2017 · ISSN 2354-483X 2 WHITE PAPER · DIGITAL TRUST · Version 3.0 · October 2016 FOREWORD Technical standardization and standards play ILNAS carries out different legal missions in the an important role in the support of economy field of ICT. In addition, through the development. They can provide, for example, a "Luxembourg’s policy on ICT technical guide of the best practices for services and standardization 2015-2020", ILNAS product development, governance, quality and commissioned the Economic Interest Grouping assessment guarantee, safety, etc. Nowadays, “Agence pour la Normalisation et l’Économie de almost every professional sector relies on la Connaissance” (ANEC GIE) to strengthen standards to perform its daily activities and the national ICT sector involvement in provide services in an efficient manner. standardization work. Standards remain under a voluntary application scheme, but often they are a real added value ILNAS, with the support of ANEC GIE, has in order to comply with legislation. They can be launched several activities dedicated to considered as a source of benefits in each strengthen and develop the ICT-related sector of the economy, what is particularly true standardization landscape at the national level in the Information and Communication in terms of education and involvement of Technology (ICT) sector, which supports all the stakeholders, such as the creation of a other economic developments. University certificate Smart ICT for Business Innovation in collaboration with the University of The ICT sector has gained more and more Luxembourg. This first development was importance in the society as a whole in the last reinforced in May 2017 by the launch of a decades. The rapid evolution of the research program on Digital Trust for Smart ICT technologies and their usages in our daily lives between ILNAS and the Interdisciplinary Centre are drawing a new paradigm in which ICT will for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the play an increasing role. The ability of all the University of Luxembourg. This research “things” to be connected, to communicate program will concentrate on three important between each other and to collect information pillars of the Smart ICT: Cloud Computing, is deeply changing the world we know and we Internet of Things, Big Data, and Digital Trust are probably only at the beginning of this related to these technologies, notably with the transformation, where ICT become Smart. In objective to develop a Master degree Smart this way, technical standardization plays a key Secure ICT for Business Innovation at the role to connect all the Smart ICT components, horizon 2019. to make them interoperable and prevent vendor lock in, but also to guarantee the security and Directly in line with the previously detailed safety of the next digital world. Standards can developments, this report is intended to be support the integration of multiple data sources used as a practical tool to discover last of Smart ICT technologies; therefore, standards standardization progress in the ICT sector. and technical standardization play an important Therefore, the present document will allow role for data quality, data governance, data national stakeholders to identify relevant protection, data privacy and security. standardization technical committees in the area, with the final objective to offer them The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg has clearly guidance for a potential involvement in the understood this state of fact and an ambitious process of standardization and allow them to development strategy is led by the government discover the services provided by ILNAS at the since several years, not only to be part of this national level regarding technical transformation, but also to take a major role in standardization. the future of the digital landscape. To support this development, the “Institut Luxembourgeois de la Normalisation, de l’Accréditation, de la Sécurité et qualité des produits et services” (ILNAS) has drawn up the “Luxembourg Standardization Strategy 2014-2020”, approved by the Minister of the Economy and Jean-Marie REIFF, Director based on three pillars in which the ICT sector is Jean-Philippe HUMBERT, Deputy Director one of the cornerstones. ILNAS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The ICT Standards Analysis is conceived as a practical guide to all the national stakeholders regarding standardization activities in the field of ICT. It allows them to identify easily issues and interests to join in technical standardization committees in this area. Beyond this possibility, different opportunities, presented in this report, are available for national stakeholders with the objective to make them able to take advantage of standards and standardization. Moreover, this report is designed to develop an information and exchange network for ICT standardization knowledge in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The ICT sector is already involved at the national standardization level with 78 national delegates currently registered by ILNAS1. ILNAS, with the support of ANEC GIE, has already started awareness to attract and involve national delegates into an integrated and innovative approach of standardization in the ICT sector. In that sense, and in accordance with the national ICT technical standardization policy, the implementation plan for ICT technical standardization, annually set-up by ILNAS focuses on a strong development of ICT technical standardization, with the aim to support the market in the related economic development. ILNAS priorities notably provide the management of national ICT technical committees, as well as the raising of awareness in national organizations, to foster the national involvement in ICT technical standardization and better positioning of Luxembourg at the international level. STANDARDIZATION OPPORTUNITIES AT NATIONAL LEVEL INFORMATION - Participate in national ICT workshops; - Benefit from dedicated awareness session; - Identify the most relevant ICT standardization technical committees and standards projects with the ICT standards analysis; - Consult the ILNAS publications on ICT standardization; - Consult freely the national, European and international standards; - Benefit from the ICT standardization research results at national level. TRAININGS - Participate in a trainings on Digital Trust for Smart ICT; - Register in the University certificate Smart ICT for Business Innovation. INVOLVEMENT IN TECHNICAL STANDARDIZATION - Become national standardization delegate and participate in ICT technical committees; - Submit comments on draft standards under public enquiry; - Propose new standards projects; - Monitor the standardization work performed by the European multi-stakeholder platform on ICT standardization (MSP). Conducted in several steps, this survey follows a methodology built on a standards watch that allows the identification of standardization technical committees related to the ICT sector at the European and international level. Moreover, detailed information concerning the most interesting formal and non- formal standardization technical committees is provided in the present report. It also provides pathways 1 National register of standardization delegates (October 2017) for the national economic development by identifying niche opportunities and recent or emerging topics from a standardization point of view. Lastly, the connections between the ICT sector and other economic sectors active in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are specified through the definition of Smart ICT subsectors that could support development of other domains (e.g.: eHealth, Smart Manufacturing, Smart Energy, etc.). Published for the first time in November 2012, this report constitutes the eighth version of this analysis, which will continue to evolve according to national market needs. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 1 2. STANDARDS AND STANDARDIZATION ...................................................................................... 3 2.1. DEFINITIONS .......................................................................................................................... 3 2.2. STANDARDIZATION OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES ........................................................ 4 2.3. STANDARDIZATION LANDSCAPE ........................................................................................ 5 2.4. STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................. 8 3. CONTEXT OF THE ICT SECTOR ................................................................................................ 10 3.1. DEFINITION AND ISSUES OF THE ICT SECTOR .............................................................. 10 3.2. STANDARDS CONTEXT OF THE ICT SECTOR ................................................................. 14 3.2.1. International level .......................................................................................................... 14 3.2.2. European level .............................................................................................................. 14 3.2.3. National level ................................................................................................................. 19 4. METHOD FOR THE STANDARDS ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 22 4.1. STANDARDS WATCH .........................................................................................................