exida Joins ISA Security Compliance Institute

Sept. 15, 2009

The ISA Security Compliance Institute recently announced the addition of exida LLC as a technical member. 

Headquartered in Sellersville, Pa., and Munich, Germany, exida is a provider of functional safety and control system security services, and certification and engineering tools. The company has extensive experience in major markets such as oil and gas, chemicals, power, automotive, and pharmaceuticals.  exida has certified over 70 safety products to the ISO/IEC 61508 international standard.

exida also owns Byres Research, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Byres Research is a world-class team of security and controls systems professionals dedicated to helping corporations and government agencies protect critical industrial automation and control systems from cyber incidents. 
 
“We are very pleased to be a Technical Member of the ISA Security Compliance Institute," says Dr. Goble, principle partner of exida. “Membership is consistent with our overall goal to help rapidly mature the field of control system security, including the design, certification, and application of products used in critical applications. 
 
Founded in 2007, the ISA Security Compliance Institute’s mission is to provide the highest level of assurance possible for the cyber security of industrial automation control systems.

For more information, visit: www.isa.org/isasecure/.

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