Digital twin technologies are transforming the way smart cities are planned and managed, enabling more informed decision making and data driven urban development. However, achieving their full potential requires secure, interoperable frameworks that support seamless communication and collaboration. This white paper delves into how the OCF Secure IP Device Framework provides a robust foundation for digital twin ecosystems. By leveraging open standards, it ensures interoperability across diverse systems, enhances data security, and eliminates vendor lock-in. Discover how OCF’s innovative approach enables smarter urban planning, optimizes resource usage, and contributes to the development of inclusive, sustainable smart cities aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Brian Bishop Digital Twin Hub Justin Anderson Jonathan Eyre Ryan Goodman Connected Places Catapult Daniel Block #openstandards #digitaltwin #smartcity #smartcities
Open Connectivity Foundation – OCF
Technology, Information and Internet
Beaverton, OR 2,109 followers
Enabling IoT devices & services to securely communicate over IP
About us
The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is a global, member-driven technical standards development organization. Its 500+ members are working to enable trust, interoperability, and secure communication between IP-connected IoT devices and services. It does this by fostering collaboration between stakeholders across the IoT ecosystem to deliver the freely-available ISO/IEC specifications, including the Secure IP Device Framework, its open-source reference implementation, and an industry-recognized certification program. This enables innovative new secure use cases and user experiences, reduces development costs, integration complexity and time to market, and simplifies regulatory compliance to IoT security and privacy baselines. OCF members work across the enterprise layers of infrastructure, applications, and data. They collaborate to co-create and deploy systems in an open and standardized way, enabling devices to communicate over IP, regardless of form factor, operating system, service provider, transport technology, or ecosystem. The vertical-agnostic technology has already seen significant adoption in the smart home sector and is now enabling the transition to secure, intelligent, Building Automation Systems (BAS) based on IP connectivity networks.
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http://openconnectivity.org/
External link for Open Connectivity Foundation – OCF
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- Technology, Information and Internet
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- 10,001+ employees
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- Beaverton, OR
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- 2016
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- Internet of Things, Open source, Internet Protocol, Secure IP Device Framework, Open source implementation , ISO/IEC standard, IoT security, Privacy, Interoperability, Technical standard development, IoT devices, IoT services, IoT connectivity, Security certification, Cybersecurity, and Cybersecurity regulatory compliance
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With Reuters reporting that wind power is on track to reach its record share of the global electricity market, we're reflecting on OCF's role in ensuring secure communication of wind energy data. Last year, Data People Connected. and Enturi Solutions Ltd announced their partnership for a standards-based wind turbine and data management project, underpinned by the OCF Secure IP Device Framework. The project enables secure communication and management of data while providing accessible renewable energy for businesses and homes. 📰 Read more: https://bit.ly/48jeXoc #sustainability #IoTstandards #datasecurity Brian Bishop Alex Shakeshaft
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OCF President Brian Bishop features on the latest episode of IoT Insider’s IoT Unplugged podcast🎙️ Listen to hear Brian discuss the importance of #collaboration and open standards for the #IoT space, particularly within #smartcities. https://bit.ly/3TqbWg6 The recently announced update to our Secure IP Device Framework to bridge with the #Matter device ecosystem is a great example of organisations coming together to strengthen IoT #interoperability and enable opportunities for #connectivity and #innovation. #OCF #csaiot #smartbuildings #automation #iot Connectivity Standards Alliance
IoT Unplugged - S3:E10 - Creating harmony in connectivity standards
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📢 Make sure you listen to the latest episode of IoT Unplugged tomorrow to hear our President, Brian Bishop, share his thoughts on #connectivity and the role of #openstandards in delivering trust, #interoperability and secure communication between #IoT devices. IoT Insider
IoT Unplugged Season 3, episode 10, out tomorrow 9:00am!⏰ This weeks episode of IoT Unplugged, the editor of IoT Insider, talks with Brian Bishop, President of Open Connectivity Foundation – OCF about "Creating harmony in connectivity standards". Follow us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts to listen to our latest podcast. 👉https://spoti.fi/48C2MD7 👉https://apple.co/3rFtwlB #IoTinsider #Engineering #Technology #Tech #Engineers #TechLovers #IoT #IoTunplugged #podcast #Spotify #ApplePodcast
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The Indian Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs announced an extended deadline for the country’s Smart Cities Mission, which will now run until March 2025. This will allow cities to complete ongoing projects, which account for around 10% of the total projects. At OCF, we’re proud that our Secure IP Device Framework was adopted as a national #standard in India earlier this year. The standard was accredited by the Bureau of Indian Standards, demonstrating the commitment of the Indian government to enabling #trust, #interoperability, and secure #communication in its rapidly growing #smarthome and #smartcity ecosystems. Read more on Hindustan Times: https://bit.ly/3zwgD0Q
Smart Cities Mission extended till March 2025 allowing cities to complete ongoing projects
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According to the European Green Deal, #sustainability goals outline that smart cities aim to elevate the well-being of their citizens. To fully harness the potential of open data in smart city governance, policymakers must prioritise data sharing and #interoperability initiatives. In accordance with this, OCF’s’ President Brian Bishop recently shared his thoughts on the importance of smart home device #interconnectivity in Housing Industry Leaders. Read more here: http://bit.ly/4ef0QU1
Housing Industry Leaders: June Edition
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Helping Government & Industries in #Digitalisation #Sustainable #SmartInfrastructure with #EnergyMonitoring, #SmartLighting, #Water & #Railways #AssetManagement #SENSEnuts #oneM2M #AWS #Azure #MQTT #IR-Niyantrac Platform
#SENSEnuts #SmartSteeetLights #DownSouth Congratulations to our #TeamEigen for successful installation at #BDA #Bangalore City. Proud to deliver one of the advanced #ConnectedLighting Project enhanced with #Radar #ILM #VehicleTrafficSensor & #EnergyEfficiency #StreetLights #RoadLighting #IoT #SmartCities #SmartInfrastructure #SmartLighting NetZero Switch, Powered by SENSEnuts IoT Platform (EIGEN Technologies) Eigen Technologies Pvt Ltd Connectivity Standards Alliance Open Connectivity Foundation – OCF Smart Cities Mission Smart Energy Water Smart Infrastructure Ventures ('SIVentures') Energy Efficiency Services Limited
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The European Commission launched its new Climate City Capital Hub last month, supporting cities participating in the EU Mission on Climate Neutral and Smart Cities with crucial #funding. It’s encouraging to see government bodies across the world recognising the importance of #smartcities. However, it is important that these initiatives are underpinned by #standards, to deliver the #interoperability needed for the Internet of Things to create seamless, valuable experiences for end users. Read more on SmartCitiesWorld: https://bit.ly/3RSJxym
EU launches climate capital hub for smart cities funding
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This week, we were proud to see our President Brian Bishop take part in this insightful workshop, discussing the importance of #collaboration and #standards to deliver success within the cyber-physical infrastructure ecosystem.
Thanks to the National Composites Centre and our guest speakers Dan Rossiter FCIAT from the British Standards Institute BSI-KSA / NIMA and Brian Bishop from the Open Connectivity Foundation – OCF. Great conversation and passion for collaboration across #Standards, #Frameworks and #Guidance in the cyber-physical infrastructure ecosystem. Look out for the key recommendations from the last of this series of workshops on the key enablers. Follow www.ncpi.org.uk Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Connected Places Catapult High Value Manufacturing Catapult Digital Catapult
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It’s been almost a year since DATA PERFORMANCE CONSULTANCY LIMITED and Enturi Solutions Ltd announced their partnership for a standards-based wind turbine and data management project, underpinned by the OCF Secure IP Device Framework. The project enables secure communication and management of data while providing accessible renewable energy for businesses and homes. 📰 Read more: https://bit.ly/48jeXoc #sustainability #IoTstandards #datasecurity Brian Bishop Alex Shakeshaft
OCF - DPC & Enturi wind energy data transparency project adopts OCF standard
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