Safety and Security in Transformation
March 18, 2025
Your route to safe, compliant machinery
No Safety without Security! In the connected world of automation, Safety and Security are now a unit: one is no longer possible without the other. The networking of production and industrial plants and new normative requirements mean we are in the midst of a change process.
It used to be sufficient to ensure Machinery Safety, but today there are new dangers lurking. Attackers can penetrate automation and control systems through the network and manipulate them. Machinery Safety will mean Safety and Security in future – to protect people and to protect machinery. The Machinery Regulation will also take this into account from early 2027. Security will thus become an essential requirement.
It’s important to look at the issue holistically and at an early stage. Pilz can provide efficient support with the complex problems of Machinery Safety. A safe and economical machine is always the goal.
What role do legal requirements play?
The EU Commission has further developed the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC to improve the level of safety and to stay abreast of the new technological developments that come with digitization and networking, such as Industrial Security and artificial intelligence. Application of the new plant and machinery requirements in accordance with the EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230 becomes mandatory on 20 January 2027.
Other specifications, regulations and standards must also be observed in addition to the Machinery Regulation. Examples are the series of Security standards IEC 62443, ISO/IEC TS 63074:2023 and ISO 27001. Other regulations such as NIS-2 and, in the foreseeable future, the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) will also be mandatory. Now is the time to prepare for the upcoming changes. Pilz is happy to provide support!
What’s to be done and how can Pilz help?
With the focus on safe, efficient plant and machinery, Pilz has a comprehensive range of supporting measures to offer. No matter what level you are at, they have the right offer for you. Pilz offers expert knowledge and one-stop solutions to make your machines safe and fully cover the Safety and Security requirements of the EU Machinery Regulation. Safely into the future with Pilz.
Discover their offer of standards expertise, training, services and product solutions – for a machine that’s safe all-round:
Knowledge of the standards – Pilz’s expertise
Trust Pilz’s many years of expertise in the field of Machinery Safety and benefit from their expertise in the interpretation and application of normative and legal requirements. Whether you need basic or expert knowledge, they can help you understand the requirements and put them into practice. They can keep you up to date on current issues such as the EU Machinery Regulation, Security standards such as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the European Cybersecurity Directive NIS2 (Network and Information Security), and support you with their implementation.
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Training – Pilz’s training offer from beginner to expert level
Knowledge protects! Only when you know the legal and normative requirements can you take the appropriate organizational or legal measures. Through training on Machinery Safety and Industrial Security, you will learn how to identify risks and avoid accidents or cyber attacks. Further training for safety officers and employees is the key to success here.
Further your training now:
- Training: Introduction to the Machinery Regulation
- Training: Fundamentals of Machinery Safety
- Training: Fundamentals of Industrial Security
Consulting & Engineering – Pilz’s customized service offer
In the Pilz Consulting & Engineering services, the process steps for Safety and Security are quite similar: from risk assessment to checking the requirement specification, design and definition of risk-reducing measures, their implementation and validation or verification of correct use, the steps are the same. Safety and Security have different perspectives. Pilz offers services with a structured approach and proven methodology for both perspectives. The one-stop combination of both areas brings efficiency and ensures a holistic approach to compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Regulation.
Appropriate services:
- Machinery Safety Evaluation
- Conformity Assessment of Machinery
- ISCS – Industrial Security Consulting Service
Product solutions – Pilz’s Safety & Security products
Discover Pilz’s Safety and Security solution in one system! In order to provide comprehensive protection for your employees and optimum security for your machinery, you need a holistic safety concept, which takes both Safety and Security into account. Because today more than ever: Safety cannot be guaranteed without considering Security.
The Identification and Access Management (I.A.M.) portfolio from Pilz offers you products and tailored solutions for a number of tasks relating to employee protection, liability protection, maximum productivity and the protection of your data.
The result: safe, compliant machinery
The number one goal in Machinery Safety is a safe, compliant machine, so that both human and machine are protected from each other in the best way possible. Pilz provides competent, comprehensive support on this journey.
From expertise on standards and directives to the appropriate training courses, on-site consultation and the optimum safety products for your machinery. Pilz offers one-stop Safety and Security!
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Training Courses on Plant and Machinery Safety from Pilz
Pilz offers a comprehensive range of further training on specialist knowledge for normative and legal requirements in Machinery Safety – from functional safety to Industrial Security. They also offer training on products and technologies in relevant sectors of automation technology for practical professional application of Pilz product solutions.
