TIC Council Commodities Committee is pleased to share its latest White Paper on Software and Data Access.
This publication addresses the safety, cybersecurity, and compliance challenges arising from the growing role of software in industrial machinery, particularly where software is not accessible for independent assessment. It reviews the evolving EU regulatory and standardisation landscape and explains how limited access to software and data affects manufacturers, operators, regulators, and conformity assessment bodies.
The paper highlights the essential role of the Testing, Inspection, and Certification industry in providing independent assurance through software assessment, testing, and risk analysis, and argues that transparent access to software and data is critical to ensuring safe and compliant machinery in a software driven industrial environment.
Read the full document here.