ISA/IEC 62443 Standards - Part 5

Security Program Elements (SPEs) for 62443-2-1:2024, Upcoming Asset Owner ACS Security Assurance (ACSSA) Certification Scheme to ISA/IEC 62443-2-1, 2-4, 3-2, 3-3 by ISCI, CISO's role, other interesting reads. [Securing Things by M. Yousuf Faisal]

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M. Yousuf Faisal

Hey there,

Hope you are doing well. This is Part-5 of a multi-part series on ISA/IEC 62443 standards overview - and I will be expanding further on the following:

  • ✍️ Links to my previous four parts of the ISA/IEC 62443 overview series.

  • 📘 SP replacing CSMS IEC 62443-2-1:2024 - Security Program (SP)📜.

  • ‼️ ISA-62443-2-1:2024 core 8 Security Program Elements (SPEs)📜.

  • ↪️ Mapping of these SPEs with my The OT Security Dozen framework.

  • ↪️ How CISO’s role have evolved in context of an OT Security Program.

  • 📘 ISCI certification for Asset Owners, ACS Security Assurance (ACSSA)📜.

  • ✍️ Few interesting reference resources.

Ready? let’s dig in.

Yours truly.

— Yousuf.

In case you missed, here’s are the previous 4 parts of the series:

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4, in which we’ve covered basics around:

  • introduction & background about the standards series,

  • key stakeholders, IACS roles & responsibilities,

  • 4 groups of standards requirements,

  • 3 phase IACS Cybersecurity Lifecycle,

  • ISA Secure Certifications for Suppliers, Products, Asset owners & individuals,

  • important terms, definitions & relationships,

  • Standards series introduction (of each standard part),

  • Standards elements, security levels, & types of standards requirements.

  • Foundational Requirements (FRs) and its relationships with System Requirements (SRs) and Component Requirements (CRs)

  • Zones, Sub-zones and conduits

  • Recently updated ISA/IEC 62443-2-1:2024 standard intro for Asset Owners. Security Program.

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