From today anyone registered for Transforma Insights (free) Essential subscription option will have full access to the Transforma Insights Regulatory Database which provides an extensive catalogue of regulations related to AI, IoT, cybersecurity and many other technology areas.
Regulatory compliance has become an increasingly challenging aspect of the deployment of technologies such as IoT and Artificial Intelligence. Companies looking to make use of such technologies to support their digital transformation need to be aware of the latest relevant regulations affecting security, privacy, data sovereignty, procurement, and numerous other areas. In order to support companies to better understand the relevant regulations, Transforma Insights is making its Regulatory Database available for free to any subscriber to our Essential service.
Transforma Insights beta-launched our Regulatory Database in August 2023, focussing on an initial 18 countries. It is now fully live and includes analysis of regulations relating to digital transformation in the top 45 countries.
As of January 2025, the database contains a total of 258 regulations, standards, policies, national strategy documents and declarations together with a range of other relevant information such as statements received directly from national telecommunications regulators.
Jim Morrish, Transforma Insights Founding Partner, said “Regulations for digital transformation are evolving so quickly, and are potentially so impactful, that Transforma Insights thought it important to make our Regulatory Database available to anyone registered for our free Essential subscription option.”
Morrish continued “Technology regulators really seem to have found their mojos lately and there are complex and extensive regulations emerging around the world, particularly in the context of the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence. Some of these regulations have real teeth. Europe’s Cyber Resilience Act, for example, provides for fines of up to 2.5% of worldwide turnover”.
Regulatory considerations for digitally transformative projects involving technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and particularly wide area wireless connectivity are becoming potentially far more intrusive for all stakeholders. It is clear that regulatory restrictions must be a key consideration for any digitally transformative project, right at the start of the project. And the direction of travel is clear: in future there will be more, and more extensive, regulations to contend with, not less.
Matt Hatton, also a Founding Partner of Transforma Insights, observed “As technology regulators have upped their game, so has the technology industry. We note in particular a joint initiative between the IoT M2M Council, the world’s largest trade association dedicated to the IoT sector, and the Global Certification Forum to determine the feasibility of a holistic approach to IoT security considering devices, connectivity and IoT cloud and application platforms. We are delighted to make our Regulatory Database available to our free Essential subscribers in support of this key industry initiative.”
“The Transforma Insights Regulatory Database will be a powerful tool in helping the new IMC-GCF Joint Task Force assess how different standards and certifications may help IoT Adopters meet regulations around the globe. Our most recent surveying shows that just keeping track of these regulations is a major issue. This comprehensive data platform will ease this problem for the entire IoT sector,” says Sri Ramachandran, IMC Chairman and CTO at Somos, a trusted provider of information and registries that drive global connections.
Transforma Insights and the IoT M2M Council will be on-site at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas and available to provide further information to any interested parties. Anyone interested in participating in the IMC-GCF Joint Task Force on IoT Security can register here.
The Transforma Insights Regulatory Database provides a way to navigate the global regulatory environment as it applies to digital transformation using Transforma Insights’ ‘DNA of Regulations’ framework (shown below) as a reference and focussing on the technology groups highlighted in the framework.
The database is comprised of three views, including summaries of regulations within any given country, summaries of key regulations with links to those regulations and a facility to compare aspects of regulations across different countries.
The top 45 countries currently selected for full coverage are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
In all cases, regulations have been analysed using Transforma Insights ‘DNA of Regulations’ framework to identify key aspects of different regulations that are in force around the world.
Access to the Regulatory Database is available for free to any subscriber to Transforma Insights’ ‘Essential’ level of subscription (as well as to any of our other subscribers). To access the database, go to our Sign Up page and select ‘Essential’.
