4.6. ETSI

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), in addition to CEN and CENELEC, is a European Standards Organisation (ESO) that develops European Standards (ENs). 

Through Technical Committees (TCs) and Partnership Projects supported by Working Groups (WG), the ETSI develops security standards in mobile/wireless communications, emergency telecommunications, information technology infrastructure, smart cards, fixed communications, and security algorithms.  TC CYBER is working on Technical Reports (TRs) and Guide (EG) for the Protection of personal data and communication, consumer IoT security and privacy, cybersecurity for critical national infrastructures, network security, and cybersecurity tools and guides.  

These include TS 103 645: ‘cybersecurity in the Internet of Things’, TR 103 309: ’Secure by Default adoption – platform security technology’, TR 103 331: ’Structured threat information sharing’, TR 103 303: ‘Protection measures for ICT in the context of Critical Infrastructure’, TR 103 304: ‘Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Protection in mobile and cloud services’ and TR 103 306: ’Global Cyber Security Ecosystem’.  The Security for the ICT – the work of ETSI white paper,  published annually, gives a brief overview of standards development in various areas including cybersecurity.  

4.6.1. How to engage in standards development at the ETSI

There are currently four member organisations from South Africa, Botswana, and Lesotho. The application for ETSI membership requires compliance with the ETSI Directives and decisions taken by the General Assembly.