New Delhi, August 19, 2019

Honeywell, a software control solution provider, today announced that it has joined the Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA), which is created by the International Society of Automation (ISA).

Being a founding member, the company will collaborate with GCA participants, from other technology providers and integrators to end users and government agencies. The collaboration will build awareness, provide education, share best practices, and accelerate the development and adoption of cybersecurity standards.

Matthew Bohne, VP & Chief Product Security Officer, Honeywell Building Technologies said, “All companies should thoughtfully incorporate cybersecurity into the products and services they sell. The entire industry and connected world at large needs to operate with the confidence that our digital infrastructure is robust and secure, whether it’s utilities or facilities and even specific products we use everyday. This is core to our collective future, and the GCA provides the platform and partnership to make it happen.”

Honeywell’s involvement with the ISA GCA builds on decades of work, both with ISA and internally, to protect customers and technologies from on- and offline threats. ISA Security Compliance Institute, which oversees product certification for ISA/IEC 62443, a series of standards adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and endorsed by the United Nations for the cybersecurity lifecycle of industrial control devices and systems. Honeywell is one of the industry leaders in control system cybersecurity and has more certified products to the ISA/IEC 62443 standards than any other global supplier.

Mary Ramsey, Executive Director, ISA said, “The ISA/IEC 62443 standards outline what’s needed to secure automation systems. Now we need to move from ‘what’ to ‘how,’ providing the practical direction, tools and support to guide how the standards are applied. The involvement of industry leaders is vital to make this happen. Honeywell will help build the coalition and momentum needed to safeguard essential-yet-often-vulnerable technology.”

Along with its involvement in associations and standards bodies such as ISA, the company helps customers to protect people, processes and assets from cyber intrusion and breaches of information every day.