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Cybersecurity
Industrial cybersecurity has become a critical consideration for machine manufacturers as digitalisation, connectivity, and smart technologies continue to transform industrial operations. Alongside the benefits these technologies bring, they also introduce new cybersecurity risks that must be effectively managed throughout the product lifecycle. In response, the European Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) establish important requirements to enhance the safety, security, and resilience of industrial products and systems.

At Nidec Drives we are fully committed to meeting these evolving regulatory obligations and embedding cybersecurity best practices into our products, processes, and operations. By maintaining compliance with these requirements, we help ensure the safety, reliability, and integrity of our solutions while supporting our customers in meeting their own cybersecurity and regulatory objectives.

Certification to International Cyber Security Standard IEC62443-4-1

Nidec Drives is now TUV SUD certified to the international cybersecurity standard IEC 62443-4-1 titled:

  • IEC 62443 – Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS)

    • Part 4-1: Secure Product Development Lifecycle Requirements

Achieving IEC 62443-4-1 certification reinforces Nidec Drives' commitment to delivering secure, reliable and future-ready industrial automation solutions to our customers worldwide.

IEC 62443-4-1 defines the processes that manufacturers must follow to develop secure industrial automation products, including variable speed drives, PLCs, HMIs, industrial network equipment, and embedded software and firmware. Gaining certification shows that Nidec Drives has cybersecurity embedded in all development processes areas including: 

  • Security requirements definition
  • Secure design and threat modelling
  • Secure implementation and coding practices
  • Security verification and validation
  • Vulnerability management
  • Defect management and tracking
  • Patch management
  • Product end-of-life and retirement processes

Compliance with IEC 62443-4-1 demonstrates that cybersecurity is embedded throughout the product lifecycle and that products are developed using a secure-by-design and defence-in-depth approach.

Nidec Drives IEC 62443 accreditation is a key milestone towards meeting the new "prevention of corruption" requirements in the EU Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 that becomes mandatory in Jan 2027 and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) that comes into force for machine manufacturers and their suppliers from December 2027.


Industrial cybersecurity and modern manufacturing whitepaper

For more detailed information about the ISA/IEC 62443 family of standards and to gain clear, practical guidance on industrial cybersecurity regulations and learn how to navigate compliance with confidence read our whitepaper. Topics include:

  • Drivers for legislation
  • Standard overview: ISA/IEC 62443
  • IEC 62443-3-3 security levels
  • Machinery Regulation overview
  • Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) & compliance steps


Cybersecurity and Nidec Drives' variable speed drives, intelligent option modules and controllers  

Read our knowledge base document to find out about our multi-layer approach to cybersecurity in an Industrial automation and control system (IACS) with Drives, Intelligent option modules, HMI, Keypad and Controllers following the IEC 62443 Industrial security series of standards.