Scope
This document specifies process requirements for the secure development of products used in industrial automation and control systems. It defines a secure development life-cycle (SDL) for the purpose of developing and maintaining secure products. This life-cycle includes security requirements definition, secure design, secure implementation (including coding guidelines), verification and validation, defect management, patch management and product end-of-life. These requirements can be applied to new or existing processes for developing, maintaining and retiring hardware, software or firmware for new or existing products. These requirements apply to the developer and maintainer of the product, but not to the integrator or user of the product. A summary list of the requirements in this document can be found in Annex B.
Purpose
To implement the common modification as A11 for EN IEC 62443-4-1:2018 The basis is the one-to-one copy of EN IEC 62443- 4-1:2018. The scope of the Amendment is Regional. It will not be offered to IEC as it is a regional amendment linked to the CRA legislation. Within the CRA, the scope is the essential requirements for OT; this amendment addresses the OT part of the EU CRA for components to align it with the EU CR. The modification is done specifically for market access.
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