Certified for secure product development.

Endress+Hauser has received the ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 certification for the secure development of products, thus laying a further building block for compliance with the European Cyber Resilience Act.

Product security managers of the Endress+Hauser product centres (LtoR Manfred Niederer, Karsten Traub, Dr Claudia Nowak, Mirko Brcic, Simon Merklin and Sushil Siddesh all of whom played a key role in achieving ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 certification. 

TÜV Rheinland, the German Technical Inspection Association in the Rhineland (D) has certified the secure product development process at Endress+Hauser in accordance with the ISA/IEC 62443-4-1 security standard, maturity level 3. Five product centers have received the certification and thus meet the requirements for the life cycle of the products.

The Council of the European Union passed the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) in October 2024*. This stipulates that products must demonstrate a high level of cybersecurity throughout their entire life cycle. Appropriate measures and methods must be implemented as early as the product development stage. Endress+Hauser follows this “Security by Design” approach to provide customers with the best possible support in protecting their systems.

“We are particularly proud of this certificate as it recognizes our many years of effort to achieve the highest level of security in our product centers. This level of structured approach across many different development sites shows the importance Endress+Hauser places on cybersecurity,” says Mirko Brcic, Product Security Officer at Endress+Hauser.

One visible result of the cybersecurity measures is the development of secure access to Endress+Hauser measuring devices via Bluetooth. Even the internet standardization body IETF now recommends the CPace protocol used in the Endress+Hauser SmartBlue app for password-protected access.

Standard affects various aspects.
In principle, a company that aligns its processes with IEC 62443-4-1 must prove that cybersecurity is incorporated throughout the entire life cycle of a product. As part of the group certification, the certifying body checks the following aspects, among others:

• Risk and threat analyses
• Security by design
• Security testing
• Vulnerability management
• Customer security manual

“With the IEC 62443-4-1 certification, we have jointly laid the foundation for supplying secure products in the future and being prepared for regulations such as the CRA,” says Mr Brcic. Five of the Group’s competence centers were certified: Endress+Hauser Flow, Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure, Endress+Hauser Liquid Analysis, Endress+Hauser Temperature+System Products, and Endress+Hauser Digital Solutions.

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* Cyber resilience act: Council adopts new law on security requirements for digital products

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Consultancy transfer compliments risk, safety & integrity management.

ABB has today completed the divestment of its British technical engineering consultancy business, part of its Energy Industries division, to TÜV Rheinland, following a strategic portfolio review. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.

The consultancy business, which complements TÜV Rheinland’s existing risk, safety and integrity management services, has been integrated into the Industrial Services and Cybersecurity business of TÜV Rheinland in Britain.

The ABB engineering consultancy, including a network of subcontractors and associates, has around 160 people operating from two main sites in northeast and northwest England. A specialist team of technical experts helps global energy customers improve process safety, equipment and asset integrity as well as technical design for new and existing industrial plants.

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See also British consultancy divested. (4/1/2023)

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British consultancy divested.

ABB is to divest its British-based technical engineering consultancy business, a technical engineering consultancy part of its Energy Industries division, to TÜV Rheinland. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2023. The financial terms of the transaction will not be disclosed.

This technical engineering consultancy including a network of subcontractors and associates has around 160 people operating from two main sites in the northeast and the northwest of England. A specialist team of technical experts helps global energy customers improve process safety, equipment and asset integrity as well as technical design for new and existing industrial plants.

“Our technical engineering consultancy business is highly recognized for the value it brings to customers, and has significant opportunity for growth, enabled by strong industry tailwinds as we navigate the energy transition,” said Troy Stewart, Head of ABB Energy Industries UK. “This divestment follows a two-year strategic review of our portfolio and aims to accelerate the continued growth of the business. TÜV Rheinland is an excellent new home for the technical engineering consultancy business, where it can realize its exciting growth opportunity and create customer value.”

“We look forward to creating growth, stability and opportunity at a time where we are seeing increased demand for sustainability, decarbonization and business continuity,” said Gareth Book, Managing Director TÜV Rheinland UK. “ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy will complement the existing risk, safety and integrity management services provided by TÜV Rheinland. Our aim is to build upon the long-standing customer relationships and trust that ABB and TÜV Rheinland have established in the UK over the last two decades.”

ABB’s technical engineering consultancy will be integrated into the Industrial Services and Cybersecurity business of TÜV Rheinland in Britain. The combined business will create a scalable, broad-based technical engineering provider delivering a full-service offer to the high hazard industries, supporting customers in the energy transition and energy security.

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