STANDARDS

 Standards in IT refer to a set of guidelines or specifications that ensure consistency, interoperability, and quality of products and services in the industry. They establish common language and protocols to facilitate communication between different systems and devices. Compliance with standards helps improve efficiency, reliability, and safety of IT operations.

Types of Standards

Processes of Standards

Standards can be established through the Final Draft International Standard process, testing, or a snapshot in time, but they may also be susceptible to golden sampling. Certification is a process that involves more than just a test or quality control system, and there are many certification and testing bodies in the UK, such as UKAS. The CE Mark is a conformity mark to New Approach Directives that is mandatory in the EU and cannot be applied to products that are outside the scope of these directives. The Kitemark, owned exclusively by BSI, is a 3rd party voluntary mark of quality and safety that is issued under a license. The Kitemark process involves a pre-audit visit, initial assessment visit, type testing of a new product, initial assessment report, award of Kitemark, continuing assessment visits, and audit testing.

 The disparity between EU and UK standards in information technology (IT) can be seen in a number of areas, including data privacy, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. Here are a few instances: Protection of personal information: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU offers a thorough legal framework for the processing of personal information within the EU. With a few minor exceptions, the UK's own data protection law is largely founded on the GDPR. Security of networks and information systems: The EU created the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS Directive), which obliges member states to provide a high standard of cybersecurity. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) standards and the Cyber Essentials program are just two examples of the UK's own cybersecurity legislation.

The passage also provides examples of standards, such as the resistor color code and the MIDI Standard and MMA. Building a MIDI instrument requires an Arduino, USB lead, LDR, piezo or switch, 10K resistor, MIDI to USB interface, 220r resistor, and a 5 pin DIN socket with leads soldered to pins 2 and 4. The passage explains how to run the example MIDI code and replace values in hexadecimal with decimal numbers. Standards ensure that everything works, is safe, secure, and usable, and it is important to be compliant with standards when designing or prototyping a product that may need to apply standards. The passage also mentions the E series of standard resistor series, which have increased in precision over time.

References

The 7 Steps of the Standards Development Process - HSO Health Standards Organization

PPT - International Standards PowerPoint Presentation, free download - ID:5561071 (slideserve.com)