Automation Standards Compliance Institute (ASCI)

The isa security Compliance Institute (isci) operates an operational technology (ot) cybersecurity conformity assessment (ca) scheme that certifies control system products to the isa/iec 62443 series of Standards. Related activities include collaboration with other industry groups such as iec, ashrae, natf, nema, bcs and, caba as well as government entities such as erncip in the eu and nist and dhs/cisa in the usa.isci has been collaborating with the isagca on several projects including Standards cross references between the isa/iec 62443 and iso 27000 Standards. Isci also collaborated with isagca on two studies which evaluated the applicability of the isa/iec 62443 Standards for securing and certifying iiot components and iiot solutions, respectively. The results of the iiot component study have led to the development of an expansion of the isasecurescope to certify iiot components. The iiot certification scheme was completed and launched in december 2022 under the isasecure icsa product name. Isci finished the 2022 fy with an operating deficit due to an unplanned website upgrade triggered by a cybersecurity review. Isci continues to pursue the building technology/smart buildings (bms) industry sector for expansion of certification coverage. The addition of new isci members from the smart buildings sector and establishment of a collaboration with another certification organization (bcs) marked progress towards standing-up an as-built building site certification for commercial real estate (cre) sector. Isci now averages 25,000 www.isasecure.org website visitors per month with over 30,000 page views and growing. Isci presented 8 webinars in 2022 with a combined 1000+ webinar registrants and sponsored isci speakers at 10+ industry events. New isci cb agreements with isasecure accredited certification bodies (cb) has expanded from 9 in 2022 operating globally. Isci continues its mission to promote the isa/iec 62443 family of Standards and the related isasecure product certification program. There is no change in the isci scope and mission and isci initiated plans for an asset-owner iacs assessment scheme in late 2022. 2022 showed significant growth in the demand for formal adoption of the isa/iec 62443 Standards by product suppliers and new 2022 certifications reflected this month. Isci completed: 16 additions for the isasecure sdla development process certifications (62443-4-1)- 9 additions for isasecure csa component certifications (62443-4-2) - 2 additions for isasecure ssa system certification (62443-3-3)- 27 total isasecure certifications added in 2021.

The isa100 wireless Compliance Institute operates a certification scheme for industrial wireless products and iiot based upon the isa100.11a-2011/iec-62734 industrial wireless standard. Wci promotes the standard globally, manages intellectual property associated with wci implementation specifications and maintains a certification test platform for use in the product conformity assessment program. Related activities include periodic interoperability testing campaigns at various global venues and collaboration with other industry groups such as fieldcomm group and opc to develop standardized methods for integration of technologies. The wci finished fy 2022 with an operating deficit due to an unplanned website upgrade triggered by a cybersecurity review. Wci initiated a formal specification project with opc in 2019 which was updated in 2021-2022. Supplier members are now adopting the specification and wci will be performing conformance testing on products using the opc specification in the next few years. Opc is an industry technology consortium to create an open interface specification for use in integrating isa100 wireless products with other Automation platforms used in process manufacturing applications. Wci hosted 8 webinars with a cumulative 1000+ registrants and hosted three customer events in japan. The wci asia pacific team hosted an isa100 wireless technology display at the 2022 jemima show in japan. Wci is now averaging 24,000 website visitors and 28,000 page visits on its www.isa100wci.org website. There is no change in the wci scope and mission. Wci completed the opc application-level specification and ble provisioning projects in q4 2020: suppliers developing products for 2022-2023 release that use the new specifications.