IEC 62443: Wireless and IIoT in the Zone Model — Bringing Untethered Assets Under Control

Date
2027-06-01
Location
Online
Host
Zach L

About this event

A live 30-minute expert session on Wireless and IIoT in the Zone Model — Bringing Untethered Assets Under Control (IEC 62443 — Industrial Cybersecurity). What We'll Cover: Why wireless and IIoT devices strain the classic zone model and where they enter the 62443-3-2 partitioning The method step by step: treat each wireless medium as a conduit, gateway placement, dedicated IIoT zones, cloud egress through the DMZ How wireless conduits map to FR5 restricted data flow requirements and the updated zone model they produce Common mistakes: sensor gateways bridged straight into control zones, shared plant Wi-Fi for OT, unmanaged cellular modems on skids Evidence assessors look for: wireless asset inventory, spectrum and rogue device monitoring and conduit specs per wireless link Related topics: w

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About Functional Safety Foundations

This online session delivers expert-led instruction on the regulatory landscape and implementation approach for Functional Safety Foundations.

The cross-sector fundamentals underlying every functional safety standard: risk as severity × likelihood, the safety function concept, integrity levels, the safety lifecycle, and the split between random and systematic failures.

What it regulates

Shared vocabulary and reasoning: hazard → risk → risk reduction allocation → safety requirement → verified implementation → maintained integrity in operation.

Who must comply

Everyone entering the field — the conceptual base of the entire catalog.

Key requirements of Functional Safety Foundations

  • Hazard and risk fundamentals
  • Safety function anatomy: sensor-logic-actuator with defined safe state
  • Integrity ladders (SIL/PL/ASIL/DAL) as risk-reduction currencies
  • Random vs systematic failure treatment
  • Lifecycle and management of functional safety incl. competence

Key concepts: Functional Safety Foundations

Risk reduction allocation
Distributing required risk reduction among mechanical design, safeguards, control functions and procedures.
Functional safety management
Planning, competence, documentation and assessment wrapped around technical work.
Random vs systematic
Hardware wear-out/chance failures quantified statistically versus design/process errors controlled by rigor.
Safe state
The defined condition a function drives the equipment to on demand or fault.

Frequently asked questions: Functional Safety Foundations

Why can't testing alone prove safety?

Rare-event targets (like 1e-7/h) are unverifiable by test duration, and systematic errors evade random testing — hence the standards' dual machinery of quantified hardware analysis plus process rigor and independent assessment.

Standard information based on the published text of Functional Safety Foundations. Event content is provided by the host. For authoritative guidance, consult the official standard body.