Building a Resilient World:
The ISAGCA Blog

Welcome to the official blog of the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA).

This blog covers topics on automation cybersecurity such as risk assessment, compliance, educational resources, and how to leverage the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards.

The material and information contained on this website is for general information purposes only. ISAGCA blog posts may be authored by ISA staff and guest authors from the cybersecurity community. Views and opinions expressed by a guest author are solely their own, and do not necessarily represent those of ISA. Posts made by guest authors have been subject to peer review.

All Posts

IACS Principal Roles and Responsibilities: Join the Webinar

At the ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA), we seek to increase global awareness and understanding of the ISA/IEC 62443 Series of Standards, the world's only consensus-based automation cybersecurity standards. Our latest efforts focus on defining the principal roles and responsibilities involved in an industrial and automation control system (IACS). 

Our latest resource is a short explainer document called the "IACS Principal Roles and Responsibilities." We created it to help build a common basis of understanding for anyone reading or seeking to use the 62443 standards. The document establishes the roles of asset owner, maintenance service provider, integration service provider, and product supplier. It also visualizes their responsibilities as defined in 62443.

As another avenue of education, ISAGCA is sponsoring a webinar on 27 January 2021 called "Automation Control Systems Cybersecurity: Lifecycles and Responsibilities." Topics to be covered include:

  • IACS security, ICS security
  • Security lifecycles
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • ISA/IEC 62443 Series of Standards
  • Secure facilities, secure processes, secure devices

Download the IACS Roles and Responsibilities Document

You can access the complete Roles and Responsibilities document by clicking on the image below. It's a free download that is open to all.

principal-roles-and-responsibilitiesThe document is also accessible here in full: IACS Principal Roles and Responsibilities

Other ISAGCA resources created so far include the "Quick Start Guide to the ISA/IEC 62443 Series of Standards," a guide called "Security Lifecycles in the ISA/IEC 62443 Series of Standards," and the "IACS Taxonomy Definitions of Terms." All ISAGCA guides and explainers are free to download and share with your team.

Attend the IACS Lifecycles and Responsibilities Webinar

The ISAGCA-sponsored webinar will take place on 27 January 2021 at 12 p.m. EST/9 a.m. PST. It will explore how to apply ISA/IEC 62443 standards documents to each phase within the security lifecycle, and it will outline core responsibilities that various roles must take on to protect systems and facilities. 

Attendees will also receive a high-level view of two key lifecycle concepts presented within the series of standards: the Product Security Lifecycle and the Automation Solution Security Lifecycle.

The speaker will be Johan Nye, author of both of ISAGCA's guides to ISA/IEC 62443. Nye is an independent consultant specializing in industrial control systems (ICS) and cybersecurity. During his career spanning more than 38 years, Nye has designed ICS system architectures, created company standards and policies, implemented major ICS projects, supported ICS site engineers, and contributed to the design of several ICS products.

To register for the webinar, please visit this signup page.


Interested in reading more articles like this? Subscribe to the ISAGCA blog and receive weekly emails with links to the latest thought leadership, tips, research, and other insights from automation cybersecurity leaders.

Kara Phelps
Kara Phelps
Kara Phelps is the communications and public relations manager for ISA.

Related Posts

Practical Insights for Implementing Control System Security

Introduction In this blog post, we’ll share practical insights from operational experience in managing cy...
Pinakin Gokhale Nov 29, 2024 7:00:00 AM

Innovations in R&D: How AI Is Transforming Industrial Cybersecurity Operations

Industrial control systems are becoming more complex as evolved cyberattacks threaten industry functions....
Devin Partida Nov 15, 2024 7:00:00 AM

In Conversation with Authors of ISAGCA White Paper on Zero Trust and ISA/IEC 62443

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA) recently published a white paper exploring the application...
Kara Phelps Nov 8, 2024 12:00:00 PM