The ISA Security Compliance Institute and Wurldtech Collaborate to Raise the Bar on Industrial Control System Cybersecurity

The objective of this initiative is to raise the bar for ensuring the security of industrial automation controls through a more comprehensive cybersecurity certification specification.

The converged Achilles TM and ISASecure CRT specifications were approved by the ISCI Technical Steering Committee this month after a lengthy technical review and making the updated ISASecure EDSA certification requirements available for download on the ISCI website, www.isasecure.org.

ISCI will offer the upgraded ISASecure CRT test as one of three elements of the ISASecure EDSA certification, which also includes a device Functional Security Assessment (FSA) and organizational Software Development Security Assessment (SDSA).

Wurldtech will offer an Achilles TM Level 2 test suite as part of its Achilles TM Satellite test platform and submit it to ISCI for formal recognition in compliance with the ISO/IEC Guide 65 process. This formal recognition will allow vendors to begin CRT testing and certification activities with the ISCI-recognized test suite.

ISCI and Wurldtech have also agreed to merge additional CRT specifications in a future release of the ISASecure CRT specification with the same goal in mind. ”It just made sense for two organizations working separately towards the same goal to find a way to collaborate,” stated Andre Ristaino, ISCI managing director. “The integration of the Achilles TM Level 1 specification into the ISASecure program will provide increased value to industry stakeholders looking to improve the security of their industrial operations,” he added.

The Achilles test suites play an important role in improving the network resiliency and robustness of global critical infrastructures, said Dr. Nate Kube, Wurldtech CTO. “Our collaboration with ISCI will raise the bar once again, providing industrial stakeholders with additional criteria for designing resilient industrial control systems,” he concluded.