The framework
- A multi-part series covering IACS security across asset owners, integrators and product suppliers.
- It defines Security Levels (SL 1-4) reflecting resistance to increasingly capable adversaries.
- It is the de-facto expectation for OT/industrial security in many procurement processes.
Where a red-team result fits
Security levels
IEC 62443 separates SL-T (the level a zone is required to reach, set by the operator’s risk assessment), SL-C (the level a component can reach when correctly configured) and SL-A (the level the deployed system actually reaches). A measured ASR under defined attack channels is an input to assessing SL-A for the policy layer against those channels — not a target, not a capability claim, and not a determination of any SL.
Evidence produced
- Adversarial-robustness evidence framed against attacker capability (the SL model).
- A per-channel breakdown mapping to distinct threat vectors.
- Reproducible artifacts an integrator can fold into a 62443-3-3 system assessment.
Dates (verified 26 Jul 2026)
- Series status
- Actively maintained (multi-part)
Not legal advice; verify the live EUR-Lex/ISO text at launch before relying on these dates.
What it is - and isn’t
- adversarial-only - Provael measures adversarial robustness - susceptibility to manipulation - not general accuracy, reliability, or functional safety.
- evidence-not-certification - The output is evidence you file, not a certificate. Provael is not a notified body, a lab, or a certification scheme.
- behavioural-not-worst-case - Attacks are templated and auditable, not gradient- or search-optimised. Results are a floor on susceptibility - a behavioural lower bound, not a certified worst-case bound.
Running Provael does not make a system compliant or certified - it generates measurements you can put into a conformity or assurance file.
Independent project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by ISO, the EU, NIST, IEC, OWASP, or MITRE. Not legal advice.
Clause references are indicative; a wrong clause citation is worse than a missing one.
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