Cybersecurity Assessment Services
Using a comprehensive approach to security management, TISAX® is a critical industry standard for information security in the automotive sector that can help your organization prove your commitment to security and compliance so you can build trust with your customers and partners.
In response to the growing problem of a surplus of audits and various customer requirements, the ENX Association launched TISAX® as a new security solution for the automotive industry. Developed in collaboration with leading automotive manufacturers and suppliers, this industry-wide auditing standard is meant to help participants build a trusted and widely accepted information security program.
The ENX Network provides organizations with the chance to create new business connections through an open, industry-focused forum. Being granted a TISAX® Label improves your reputation within the network where those results can be shared, allowing for increased opportunities for new business ventures. TISAX® Labels are consistent across organizations, allowing for common recognition and trusted results.
In getting started with TISAX, you’ll need to register in the ENX Portal, and as part of that process, you’ll determine your assessment scope by choosing your TISAX assessment objectives and sites/locations to be assessed.
No. |
ISA Criteria Catalogue |
TISAX® Assessment Objective |
Assessment Level |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Information Security |
Handling of information with high protection needs |
AL2 |
|
2 |
Information Security |
High Availability |
AL2 |
|
3 |
Information Security |
Handling of information with very high protection needs |
AL3 |
|
4 |
Information Security |
Very High Availability |
AL3 |
|
5 |
Prototype Protection |
Protection of prototype parts and components |
AL3 |
|
6 |
Prototype Protection |
Protection of prototype vehicles |
AL3 |
|
7 |
Prototype Protection |
Handling of test vehicles |
AL3 |
|
8 |
Prototype Protection |
Protection of prototypes during events and film or photo shoots |
AL3 |
|
9 |
Data Protection |
Data protection in accordance with Article 28 (“Processor”) of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) |
AL2 |
|
10 |
Data Protection |
Data protection with special categories of personal data According to Article 28 (“Processor”) with special categories of personal data as specified in Article 9 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) |
AL3 |
Your chosen TISAX® objectives will determine your corresponding Assessment Level. Our team provides all three TISAX® solutions that evaluate the level of implementation of your ISMS:
TISAX® is a registered trademark of ENX Association.
Jay Imszennik is a Director at Schellman. Jay has more than 15 years of experience in the information technology field, with a focus on security compliance, attestation, and other advisory services related to information security risk management and control implementation.
Schellman is the first U.S.-based audit provider on track to be approved by the ENX Association as a TISAX Audit Provider. Our approach to AL2 and AL3 TISAX® assessments can be broken into four phases:
After you register with TISAX®, answer the scoping information, and determine which assessment level you need, we’ll review that information to prepare the resources needed to complete the assessment.
We will provide an audit plan and information request list for the initial assessment. You will electronically submit your responses to the Self-Assessment (VDA ISA) according to the maturity model and we’ll then perform a remote review of your Self-Assessment.
You will electronically submit any revisions to the self-assessment and the supporting documentation requests based on the information request list, which we will then review in detail.
We will meet with ISMS and control owners for either the plausibility check (AL2/remote) or the comprehensive verification check (AL3/onsite)—depending on which assessment you’re undergoing.
Our review of your materials will yield a result of either “conform” or “non-conform” within a detailed assessment report that includes identified areas of non-compliance, observations, and opportunities for improvement.
If you receive a result of “conform”, you will be issued TISAX® Label(s) according to your assessment objectives issued via the TISAX® Platform.
If your assessment result is instead “non-conform,” you’ll need to take further steps involving corrective action plans and/or a follow-up assessment to validate remediation efforts for areas of non-compliance, before a TISAX® Label(s) can be issued.