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exida is a private, employee - owned company with financial support from fees charged for services. exida is ANSI accredited to ISO/IEC 17065, the general requirements for bodies operating product certification systems, and ISO/IEC 17025, the international standard for test laboratories.

With strong global acceptance and a growing base of technology, exida has become recognized as the global leader in functional safety certifications. In the overall market, exida has done more than all other major Certification Bodies combined

To improve plant process safety, functional safety systems enable the orderly shutdown of processing units when abnormal situations occur that are beyond the capabilities of the regulatory control system or operators to correct or to prevent a catastrophe.

exida makes implementation of safety and high availability automation products easier and more cost effective than ever.


Users now have the ability to use procedures and tools that were written by industry authorities for a fraction of the cost of having them internally developed, and without having to go through the effort of having core staff
trained to become safety and reliability experts. This lets you and your staff focus on your core tasks.

The lifecycle is a series of phases from initiation and specifications of safety requirements, covering design and development of safety features in a safety - critical system, and ending in decommissioning of that system. exida provides initial guidance on performing key facets of the lifecycle, providing specific services for individual tasks within each lifecycle phase.

The IEC 62443 series of standards and technical reports defines procedures for implementing electronically secure systems from many different industries including transportation, medical, robotics, and Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS). These strategies and techniques apply to end - users (i.e. owner/operator), system integrators, security practitioners, and control systems manufacturers responsible for designing, manufacturing, integrating, or maintaining systems.

Cybersecurity certification programs have been established to assess compliance with IEC 62443 and ISO 27001 standards by impartial third party technical organizations. exida has been accredited per ISO 17065 and ISO 17025 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to provide cybersecurity certification and offers cybersecurity certification programs for design processes, devices, applications, and systems using both the
ISASecure® and exida® schemes.

Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) is a risk classification scheme defined by the ISO 26262 -Functional Safety for Road
Vehicles standard. This is an adaptation of the Safety Integrity Level used in IEC 61508 for the automotive industry. This classification help define the safety requirements necessary to be in line with the ISO 26262 standard. The ASIL is established by performing a risk analysis of a potential hazard by looking at the Severity, Exposure and Controllability of the vehicle operating scenario. The safety goal for that hazard in turn carries the ASIL requirements.

There are four ASILs identified by the standard: ASIL A, ASIL B, ASIL C, ASIL D. ASIL D dictates the highest integrity requirements on the product and ASIL A the lowest. Hazards that are identified as QM do not dictate any safety requirements.

exida is an ANSI accredited certification body the has proven we get the job done effectively and efficiently. Our staff have helped write industry standards and are actively involved on the committees. It's these cutting edge activities that help make the world smarter and safer.