Over the past couple of years, there has been a huge upsurge in the amount of information security incidents, ranging from malicious software that holds you to ransom by "kidnapping" your digital assets to alleged hacking attempts by nation states against global companies.
There have been high-profile incidents such as the Yahoo hacking that led to the compromise of more than 500 million accounts, through to the cancellation of surgeries and other medical procedures in a hospital in the United Kingdom in recent days.
We have the CE mark applied to products that have demonstrated their conformance with specific product standards. Some classes of products cannot be sold in Europe without the CE (Conformité Européenne) mark. A consumer purchasing a CE marked product can take certain comforts in the fact that the product is likely not to cause them or anyone else harm if used according to manufacturer guidelines. There is currently no equivalent on the internet. Anyone can buy any product from any supplier via any commercial channel in any jurisdiction and just connect it to their Internet connection.