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ISASecure and IEC 62443, explained with the numbers

What each certification program actually evaluates, how the security levels and device types change the scope, and where the common points of confusion come from — written by the assessors who run these evaluations.

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SDLA certificate validity and recertification: how an ISASecure SDLA certificate is kept

How long an ISASecure SDLA certificate lasts, 36 or 12 months, how a recertification audit renews it, and why the scheme has no surveillance or suspension.

Sep 8, 20268 min readRead
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IEC 62443-4-1 defect and update management: the SDLA practices product certifications come back to

How ISASecure SDLA evaluates IEC 62443-4-1 defect and update management: 15 rows, most seen only in the process audit, and the four requirements ICSA revisits.

Sep 8, 20269 min readRead
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Full or readiness evaluation: the SDLA choice that sets your certificate at 36 or 12 months

ISASecure SDLA has two evaluation methods. One requirement passed by readiness evaluation sets the certificate at 12 months, not 36. The 21 rows that decide it.

Sep 8, 20269 min readRead
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What counts as a major nonconformity in an IEC 62443-4-1 audit: the 31 SDLA minimum requirements

In an ISASecure SDLA audit a finding is major when no evidence exists, or when one of 31 minimum requirements is applied inconsistently. The full list.

Sep 8, 202610 min readRead
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IEC 62443-4-1 certification levels: why ISASecure SDLA has none and every requirement must pass

ISASecure SDLA carried certification levels until 2018. Today it has none, and no maturity level either: every applicable IEC 62443-4-1 requirement must pass.

Sep 8, 20268 min readRead
SDLAIntermediate

The SDLA prerequisite for CSA, ICSA and SSA: one process audit, three product schemes

ISASecure CSA, ICSA and SSA each require a valid SDLA certificate. What the process audit settles once, what every product scheme re-checks, and how to plan.

Sep 8, 20269 min readRead
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IEC 62443-4-1 security guidelines and hardening: the SDLA practice with the most minimum requirements

ISASecure SDLA and the IEC 62443-4-1 security guidelines practice: 7 requirements, 17 rows, 10 minimum requirements, no mandatory artifacts, examined twice.

Sep 8, 20269 min readRead

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