A Taiwan information security delegation visited NXP Semiconductors (NXP) headquarters to discuss chip security and post-quantum cryptography technology.
The Digital Industry Agency of the Ministry of Digital Development (referred to as the Digital Industry Agency) recently led a delegation to the Netherlands to facilitate the signing of a chip security cooperation memorandum (MOU) between the Information Policy Council and the Dutch information security certification agency TrustCB to promote the integration of Taiwan's chip security standards with international certification. In the future, it is expected to reduce the threshold and cost for Taiwan's chip products to obtain international certification.
Director of the Department of Digital Industry, Jun-Hsiu Lin, led a delegation to the Netherlands from October 5 to 8. Together with Li Weibin, convener of the Post-Quantum Information Security Industry Alliance, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the Information Strategy Council and six Taiwanese information security companies, they participated in Cybersecurity Week in The Hague and the European information security exhibition "ONE Conference". This trip not only led to the signing of two information security cooperation agreements, but also continued to promote Taiwanese information security companies to expand into the European market through industry exchanges and matchmaking.
One of the most important results of this cooperation is the signing of a chip security cooperation memorandum between the Information Policy Council and TrustCB, an authoritative international information security certification agency in the Netherlands. Witnessed by Lin Junxiu and Tanaka Hikaru, the representative in the Netherlands, the two parties established a cross-border pilot cooperation framework for Taiwan's chip security standards SSIPS (Security Standards for ICT Product Supply Chains) and international SESIP (Security Evaluation Standard for IoT Platforms) certification.
According to the cooperation plan, both parties will prioritize SSIPS cases, start trial trials from SESIP Level 1, explore the feasibility of reusing SSIPS assessment results in SESIP certification, and gradually establish a technical coordination and verification connection model. If it can be successfully promoted in the future, it will help Taiwan's chip products integrate with international certification, and it is expected to reduce the threshold and cost of obtaining international certification.
In addition to chip safety certification cooperation, ITRI also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), continuing the foundation of exchanges between the two parties in recent years. In the future, they will further promote matchmaking, technical exchanges and joint research and development between Taiwan and the Netherlands, and explore opportunities to connect related support resources.
in ONE At the Taiwan-Netherlands Industrial Information Security Forum held around the conference, six Taiwanese companies, including Dongqing Technology, Zhensheng Semiconductor, Laiyi Digital Technology, Entropy Technology, Synology Technology and Huizhi Security Technology, communicated with international representatives such as NXP Semiconductors (NXP), the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Keysight and the chairman of the GlobalPlatform Ecosystem Committee of the international standards organization, focusing on issues such as chip security, security design principles, and trustworthy hardware and secure deployment of edge AI.
The delegation also met with representatives from ASML, a major Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer, to discuss semiconductor equipment and supply chain security issues. They also visited NXP Semiconductors' (NXP) headquarters and Keysight's Device Security Lab (formerly Riscure) in Delft, the Netherlands, to discuss chip hardware security, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and forward-looking security detection technologies.
In terms of expanding the European market, the Digital Industry Agency also discussed the possibility of establishing a normalized "Taiwan-Dutch Information Security and Digital Industry Innovation Cooperation Mechanism" with Digital Holland, the Dutch digital industry promotion organization, the City of The Hague, and the Noord Brabant Development Agency (BOM), and received a positive response from the Netherlands. In the future, the two parties will continue to discuss cooperation directions such as industrial needs, corporate matchmaking, R&D support and field verification through the contact window.
The Digital Industry Administration pointed out that in the past, it has assisted Taiwanese information security company Lai Yi Digital Technology to set up a subsidiary in The Hague through the Dutch market. Taiwan’s Turing Space has also established its European headquarters in The Hague. It will use the Netherlands as a base to expand the European market in the future. In the future, the Digital Industry Administration will continue to deepen cooperation in the information security industry between Taiwan and the Netherlands and enhance the international visibility and industrial competitiveness of Taiwan's information security brand.
