Panasonic will continue to leverage the high security and scalability of Matter-compliant DigiCert PKI and plans to gradually expand its Matter-enabled product models.

Macnica will continue to support Panasonic’s expansion of Matter-enabled products to the market. In addition to several Matter-related semiconductor manufacturers that Macnica handles, the company will also provide digital certificates from DigiCert to support Japanese companies in accelerating the release of Matter products in a wide range of smart home-related fields, including room air conditioners.

DigiCert will continue to develop solutions for various standards bodies, including Matter, and provides services that flexibly respond to the diverse security requirements of each country, region, and industry.

*1: A new common IoT standard for the smart home developed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, a communication standards standardization organization in which more than 500 companies, including Apple, Google, and Amazon, participate. Compatibility with smart home appliances from different manufacturers will enable seamless integration and centralized control of devices, thereby contributing to further smart home convenience.

*2: Widely used across the internet for the purpose of secure communication and trust-based connections through Public Key Cryptography and digital signatures PKI. In Matter, in order to realize a smart home that implements high security and interoperability, the CSA has a defined policy built around device certificates that utilize PKI technologies.

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