In the international context, the IEC 62443 series already exists as a complex work on the information security of industrial products. VdS has adapted and specified the requirements to the applications of fire protection and safety technology. "With the new VdS 3836 guidelines, digitalisation is thus finding its own important and permanent place in the security industry," emphasises VdS Managing Director Thomas Urban.
A special focus was placed on the applicability of the security requirements, "What the industry has lacked so far is a practical framework for testing the information security of fire protection and security technology products. Often the aspect of IT security was only considered in extracts because there were no tangible, practically implementable sets of rules that could cover the topic holistically," explains Thomas Urban.
