The real problem is very few vendors are inclined to spend the time and money to make their products truly stable & secure. Instead we churn out a firehouse of crap code for a sewage dump of cheap IoT products. I'm not sure how much a government-conceived seal will raise the bar of consumer expectations.
I'd still put my faith in other indicators like a company's track record, third party audits, robustness of open source library choices where applicable, my own analysis of their stack and engineering choices based on signs I can observe about their product / interface / etc (there are usually several present), my own testing and so forth.
I'd argue the generally accepted pace of consumer product development these days is reckless, and not sustainable if you want truly robust results.
I would have been glad to see this step in the right direction if I weren't convinced all it will likely amount to in practice is security theatre. Here's hoping my skepticism is unwarranted.
I'd still put my faith in other indicators like a company's track record, third party audits, robustness of open source library choices where applicable, my own analysis of their stack and engineering choices based on signs I can observe about their product / interface / etc (there are usually several present), my own testing and so forth.
I'd argue the generally accepted pace of consumer product development these days is reckless, and not sustainable if you want truly robust results.
I would have been glad to see this step in the right direction if I weren't convinced all it will likely amount to in practice is security theatre. Here's hoping my skepticism is unwarranted.