Introduction

Functional safety and cybersecurity are no longer separate disciplines within modern industrial environments. As operational technologies become increasingly interconnected, cybersecurity vulnerabilities now pose direct threats to functional safety systems, potentially leading to severe accidents, service disruptions, regulatory breaches, and reputational damage. This Functional Safety & Cybersecurity training course addresses the growing need for integrated safety and security governance across critical systems and infrastructure.

The course provides a structured and practical approach to understanding how safety hazards, system failures, and cyber threats intersect across the system lifecycle. Participants develop the capability to evaluate risks holistically, design resilient architectures, and apply internationally recognised standards to ensure both safety integrity and security robustness. The training course also introduces the evolving role of artificial intelligence in safety and cybersecurity analysis, governance, and system design, ensuring alignment with emerging regulatory expectations.

Key focus areas include:

Key Learning Outcomes

At the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

Training Methodology

This Functional Safety & Cybersecurity training course adopts an applied, scenario-driven learning approach. Participants engage with practical examples, structured discussions, and collaborative exercises designed to translate standards and concepts into real-world application. Group-based activities reinforce understanding of integrated risk assessment, system design, and compliance assurance across safety and cybersecurity domains.

Functional Safety & Cybersecurity

Who Should Attend?

This training course is ideal for professionals seeking to strengthen organisational protection of people, systems, and critical assets, including:

  • Functional safety engineers and managers
  • Cybersecurity and OT security professionals
  • Control systems and automation engineers
  • Risk, compliance, and governance specialists
  • Asset integrity and reliability managers
  • Technical leaders responsible for safety-critical systems

Course Outline

Day 1

Foundations of Functional Safety and Cybersecurity

  • Operational and information technologies
  • Functional safety basics – nature of safety hazards
  • Cybersecurity basics – nature of security threats and vulnerabilities
  • Functional safety and cybersecurity convergence
  • Risk in functional safety and cybersecurity
  • Risk Evaluation - Safety Integrity Levels (SIL) and Security Levels (SL)
  • Process based management of functional safety and cybersecurity
Day 2

Safety and Security Risk Assessment, Architectures, and Measures

  • Risk assessment methodologies & processes
  • Documentation requirements and management systems -
  • Continuous risk assessment
  • Functional safety risk assessment - HARA
  • Cybersecurity risk assessment – TARA
  • Safety and security architecture
  • Safety measures and cybersecurity controls
Day 3

Verification, Validation, Audits, and Assessments

  • Safety and security testing methodologies
  • Functional safety assessment process
  • Cybersecurity assessment techniques
  • Vulnerability analysis and penetration testing
  • Independent assessment requirements
  • Validation planning and execution
  • Documentation and evidence collection
Day 4

Main Standards and Regulations

  • Introduction to standards for functional safety and cybersecurity
  • IEC 61508,
  • IEC 61511 & ISO 2662
  • IEC 62443
  • IEEE 1686, IEC 62351 & ISO/SAE 21434,
  • IEC 8800
  • EU AI Act
  • Relevance of standards and regulations
Day 5

Case studies, Current and Future Developments

  • Process control safeguarding
  • Functional safety in transportation
  • Process control cybersecurity
  • Power grid cybersecurity
  • Overview of artificial intelligence
  • AI in functional safety and cybersecurity
  • Examples of AI in functional safety and cybersecurity
  • AI governance and management aspects

International Standards & Professional Alignment

Our training courses are aligned with internationally recognised professional standards and frameworks across leadership, strategy, finance, governance, risk, compliance, and audit. By integrating globally trusted models, we ensure learners develop practical, relevant, and industry-recognised capabilities.

Our trainings draw on leading international standards and professional frameworks, including ISO, ISACA, COSO, OECD, IIA, FATF, Basel, IFRS/ISSB, GRI, NIST, CPD, ILM and the OECD AI Principles. This alignment ensures consistency with global best practices across financial management, risk oversight, digital governance, sustainability, and strategic decision-making..

Designed in alignment with globally recognised professional bodies, our courses support continuous professional development, strengthen organisational capability, and provide clear pathways toward professional certifications valued worldwide.

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FAQs

Functional safety and cybersecurity are closely connected because cyber threats can directly compromise safety-related systems and controls. This training course explains how cybersecurity vulnerabilities may escalate into safety incidents and how integrated governance mitigates these risks.  

The training course addresses key international standards including IEC 61508, IEC 61511, IEC 62443, IEC 8800, and related cybersecurity and safety frameworks. Participants learn how to apply these standards cohesively across system lifecycles.  

Yes, the Functional Safety & Cybersecurity training course introduces the role of artificial intelligence in risk analysis, system design, monitoring, and governance. It also discusses emerging regulatory considerations related to AI-enabled systems.  

Participants gain practical skills in integrated risk assessment, architecture design, verification and validation, and compliance assurance. The course emphasises applying safety and cybersecurity controls in operational environments.  

Organisations operating safety-critical or industrial systems benefit significantly, particularly those managing automation, control systems, energy infrastructure, transportation, or process industries where safety and cyber risks converge.  

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