Testimonials Achilles Certification™

Having achieved the Achilles Certified designation from Wurldtech, our customers can now develop their entire device on a secure, certified, out-of-the-box platform, while minimizing the final certification process, shrinking application development time, driving costs down and increasing competitive advantage in a global market.

The Achilles testing platform and certification program have become a standard part of development activities for HIMA’s safety product portfolio. This allows us to continuously validate product quality and eliminate any vulnerabilities that may cause unintended service disruption for our customers before the systems enter the field.

With OPC servers becoming the primary method of gaining access to control data, security is crucial. As the leading OPC vendor, MatrikonOPC embeds industrial strength security into all of its OPC servers. Achieving Achilles certification confirms our commitment to keeping our customers' data accessible and safe. The Achilles certification is the de facto cyber security benchmark and we are pleased to integrate the testing criteria into our product portfolio.

As organizations continue to deploy more open, connected networks down to the plant floor, robust process control systems are playing an increasingly key role in the safe and secure operation of some of the world’s most critical industrial systems. By achieving Achilles Level 1 Certification, operators can have even more confidence that the C300 meets stringent industry best practices and performance benchmarks.

As cyber threats increase in frequency and sophistication, operators of process automation and control systems are demanding the highest levels of safety, security and reliability when deploying new industrial networks. By certifying our product portfolio and integrating the Achilles certification criteria into our internal product development lifecycle, ABB continues to ensure that our global clients receive the highest level of ongoing security assurance to improve the integrity of their industrial operations.

Achilles level 1 certification saves Shell a lot of time in the specification and procurement process and ensures purchasing process control equipment from Vendors that have a truly integral security attitude both in production and service.

One real benefit of passing these rigorous tests is to provide users with the ability to better plan the installation of security updates and new anti-virus signatures. Knowing that the controllers can survive a possible security incident provides an opportunity to schedule these patching tasks around process activities rather than always immediately deploying the updates.

By certifying our product portfolio and integrating the Achilles testing platform into our internal product development lifecycle, IPS continues to ensure that our global clients receive the highest level of ongoing security assurance to improve the overall reliability of their business operations.

Process control system operators want to minimize risk and maximize uptime, and suppliers want to be first to market with certified, reliable systems. Our partnership with Wurldtech allows us to bring the safety and security certification processes together so operators and suppliers have a single source for all of their certification needs.