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INDUSTRY 4.0/SMART FACTORIES
By Joe Lomako, business development manager (IoT) at TÜV SÜD
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he Radio Equipment Directive (RED) is applicable to all electrical and electronic devices that intentionally emit and receive radio waves at frequencies below 3,000GHz, and it establishes a regulatory framework for
placing radio equipment on the market. The RED is one of many directives and
regulations which are part of the New Legislative Framework (NLF), for placing radio products on the European market. It ensures a single market for radio equipment by setting essential requirements for safety and health, electromagnetic compatibility, and the efficient use of the radio spectrum. It also provides the basis for further regulations by delegated acts adding additional legislation such as in this case for cybersecurity. When the UK was still part of the EU, the RED was transposed into UK National Law in the form of the by the Radio Equipment Regulations 2017. This means that for the foreseeable future, the requirements of the UK Regulation will remain the same as those of the present mandatory requirements of the RED, although some terms are different, but throughout this article we will refer to the RED.
NEW SECURITY REQUIREMENTS Compliance with the RED is achieved by satisfying a number of “essential requirements”. The existing ones for Safety and Health, EMC and Radio are well known as the “original” essential requirements. However, recently a delegated act was published activating new essential requirements with the details given in Articles 3(3)(d), (e) and (f) in the RED, with the intention of increasing the level of cybersecurity, personal data protection and privacy, and which the industry has collectively termed “cybersecurity”:
3.3d: communicate over the internet, either directly or via any other equipment
3.3e: process personal data, traffic data or location data
3.3f: enable users to transfer money, monetary value or virtual currency
CYBERSECURITY LEGISLATION FOR CONNECTED MACHINES
To help manufacturers comply with these
essential requirements, the European Commission issued a “standards request” to the European Standards Organizations (ESO), asking them to produce standards to assist in compliance. Further guidance is also expected from the Commission. The standards request sets out the minimum requirements, but the final standards may include further assessment criteria where appropriate, and further guidance could come from the Commission. Essentially, the updates to the RED are
intended to enhance network protection by ensuring that radio equipment does not harm the network or its functioning. It also ensures that network resources are not misused, and that radio equipment does not cause unacceptable degradation of service. It therefore covers equipment that can communicate itself over the
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