Ensuring that operations are safe, equipment is available, and operational goals are met has been our mission for the past 20 years. exida works closely with our customers to achieve high-impact, cost-effective solutions for their Functional Safety, Alarm Management, and IACS Cybersecurity challenges. As experts in safety, availability, and security, we bring a valuable perspective to the problems they are facing.
What We Offer.
Certification
Functional Safety (IEC 61508), Cybersecurity (IEC 62443), Automotive (ISO 26262), Personnel, and much more.
Lifecycle Services
A comprehensive review of functional safety, alarm management, and cybersecurity lifecycle implementation within your organization.
System Engineering Tools
Streamline the Process Safety Management work process and the Safety Instrumented System Functional Safety Lifecycle.
Device Engineering Tools
Higher design quality, while saving time and meeting safety and cybersecurity standards.
exida Academy
Comprehensive training and practitioner certificate programs for functional safety, alarm management, cybersecurity, and more.
Adding Value
exida’s clients need to cost-effectively implement the requirements of safety and security standards. exida enables this by creating unparalleled engineering tools that reduce the time and cost of compliance, delivering coaching and training to rapidly develop a knowledge base within the clients organization, offering a full range of lifecycle services to supplement in-house resources, and providing independent assessments to ensure compliance and traceability.
Whatever your needs, exida has you covered. Let our knowledge be your guide.
Blogs
What does Route 2H means in IEC 61508 Certification?
What is Route 2H approach and what requirements exida established to interpret Route 2H for certification? An element (e.g. a sensor) is able to meet the requirement of hardware safety integrity architectural constraints in IEC 61508 by implementing one of the two possible routes (IEC 61508-2, 7.4.4): 1H, by looking at Safe Failure Fraction (SFF)…
Why is there a need to understand ISO/IEC 27001 when referring to IEC 62443-2-1?
As mentioned in the previous blog, IEC 62443-2-1 specifies the requirement of the Cyber Security Management System for IACS which the asset owner can build on. For example, one of the CSMS elements, “selected security countermeasures”, provides useful information to the asset owner on understanding some common security countermeasures used in the systems, whose security…
How can IEC 62443 certification help an asset owner?
An asset owner is defined in IEC 62443-2-4 as following: “individual or organization responsible for one or more IACSs”. Similar to quality management system, the requirement for the Security Management System of the asset owner is described in IEC 62443-2-1, which shows how the risk is analysed and addressed by the Cyber Security Management System…