Knowledge Services Safety and Security

What are knowledge services for safety and security?

As a manufacturer of machinery or control and automation devices, you must comply with a host of different safety and IT security requirements from an early stage of design and development. This is the only way to eliminate unnecessary costs, risks and delays and ensure access to international markets.

As automation increases across all sectors, functional safety standards are becoming more and more important, resulting in numerous new, complex requirements and issues. With the publication of edition 2 of IEC 61508, stakeholders must now consider security concerns in addition to safety functions. Therefore, knowledge for safety and at the same time for security are now needed to ensure overall comply to market regulations and standards. With TÜV SÜD's expert services you are supported to find, get and document the relevant safety and security Information for your business needs.

Why is safety & security know-how important?

Our knowledge services for safety and security provide manufacturers of control and automation devices, system integrators and machinery manufacturers with various benefits:

• Gain a competitive advantage through fulfillment of market requirements
• Improve your safety and security risk management
• Ensure compliance with the law on product liability and with regulatory standards
• Generate in-house expertise be increase your knowledge about safety and security

TÜV SÜD is your expert with extensive safety and security know-how

With our extensive knowledge about safety and security, we can help you navigate the maze of standards, rendering this complex issue more transparent and enabling you to meet all requirements at an early stage of your project.

TÜV SÜD's knowledge services for safety and security

• Technical documentation
• Introduction of methods
• Process implementation (Functional Safety Management)