IEC 63208 ED1

Switchgear and controlgear and their assemblies for low voltage - Security aspects

Scope

IEC 63208:2025 applies to the main functions of switchgear and controlgear and their assemblies, called equipment, in the context of operational technology (OT 3.1.34). It is applicable to equipment with wired or wireless data communication means and their physical accessibility, within their limits of environmental conditions. It is intended to achieve the appropriate physical and cybersecurity mitigation against vulnerabilities to security threats.
This first edition cancels and replaces the first edition IEC TS 63208 published in 2020. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) Risk assessment: Attack levels, impact assessment, relationship with safety;
b) Risk objectives: Determination of the equipment security level;
c) Countermeasures referring to IEC 62443-4-2;
d) Conformance verification and testing;
e) Security protection profiles.