This is partially in response to internationally firming regulations, and partially in response to its recognition of the necessity for ironclad cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) systems.
But the regulatory environment reflects the relatively recent addition of OT systems to the cybersecurity estate.
This detailed, verifiable cybersecurity birth certificate records every component, firmware version, and hardware element at the point of origin, while also folding cyber resilience into essential health and safety requirements.
Older machines run for decades, necessitating retrofitting the cybersecurity birth certificate and updating to bring them within accepted and emerging standards.
"That's why we think of it like a birth certificate.