Voluminous studies have documented the rise of international standards and their ramifications for the WTO, though most of these studies have focused on environment, food safety, public health, and financial regulations issues. An equally important, yet less explored, area is the information and...

Security certification is very limited in industrial environments despite the growing cyber attacks to what is considered EU Member State Critical Information Infrastructure (CII). There are "good" reasons for this situation, however, the community questions around the contribution of...