Companies continue to need help in securing their industrial operations as they connect production and IT systems and face cyber threats to industrial control systems
Rockwell Automation continues to expand its cybersecurity certifications and to incorporate advanced security capabilities into more of its products to meet this need.
Rockwell Automation has been certified to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 62443-3-3 cybersecurity standard. Certification by third party TÜV Rheinland means that Rockwell Automation has demonstrated the ability to install and configure production systems to meet the level 1 safety requirements as defined in the world’s leading global standard.
Rockwell Automation offers reference architectures for the implementation of a certified production system, such as PlantPAx 5.0, a modern distributed control system (DCS) for plant-wide process control. Architectures have been developed to help customers certify production systems while minimising the need to purchase new technologies as part of the process. To date, Rockwell Automation has received several certifications for the IEC 62443 standard series.
Rockwell Automation also received certification for the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 27001 standard, confirming that its information security management system used to protect data meets the standard’s requirements. This can give customers peace of mind that Rockwell Automation uses best practices to protect their intellectual property, such as when customers use services like remote support and monitoring.
“Companies are facing the dual challenge of digital transformation to stay competitive, while also keeping their people, operations and intellectual property secure,” said Sujeet Chand, senior vice-president and chief technology officer, Rockwell Automation. “We continue to aggressively expand our cybersecurity skills, certifications, product capabilities and services in ways that help our customers stay ahead of new threats and focus on realising new possibilities with digital transformation.”
In addition to obtaining new certifications, Rockwell Automation is also launching new products with CIP Security to help companies secure their communications. Developed by the ODA Global Trade and Standard Development Organisation, CIP Security is the only standard designed to secure communications between industrial control systems and other devices on the EtherNet/IP network.
