Achilles Practices Certification
In 2010 the International Instrument Users Association (WIB), a cross-industry consortium of leading Operators of control systems, established a set of Security Requirements for vendors of control systems. See http://www.wib.nl/download.html.
Based on WIB’s security framework requirements, Wurldtech expanded our internationally-recognized Achilles® certification brand to proactively and independently certify that vendor’s policies and practices, for the whole of the product life cycle, are capable of building security into their products and services.
Benefits
Achilles Practices Certification consists of best practice benchmarks to help manufacturers improve cyber security processes, practices, development, testing, commissioning, maintenance and support throughout the system’s lifecycle.
Benefits for Equipment Manufacturers
Ensuring your industrial process automation, control and safety systems are Achilles Certified will help:
- Sales associates better address security concerns in new project opportunities or RFPs with standardized responses
- Bring products to market faster and protect your customers, profitability and brand
- Run your business proactively instead of reacting to outside events. Save unexpected and un-budgeted reactionary time, effort and costs
Benefits For Operators
Insisting on Achilles Practices Certified industrial process automation, control and safety systems will help:
- Better communicate cyber security expectations to vendors with a globally recognized benchmarks
- Reduce costs associated with comparing claims of system ‘security’ from vendor sales associates
- Ensure your systems and networks meet current and emerging international cyber security standards (e.g. ISASP99) and government regulations (e.g. NERC/CIP)
