SESIP Certification for IoT Devices and Platforms

SESIP Certification for IoT Devices and Platforms

Whether you develop connected devices, secure elements, chipsets, or IoT platforms, proving the security of your products is becoming a business requirement. Customers, regulators, and partners increasingly expect evidence that cybersecurity has been independently assessed and validated.

However, modern IoT products are rarely built from scratch. They often incorporate hardware and software components that have already undergone security evaluation. Traditional certification approaches can require significant re-evaluation when these certified components are integrated into new products, resulting in additional cost, effort, and delays.

SESIP addresses this challenge through a compositional approach that enables manufacturers to reuse existing security evaluation results. By reducing duplicate assessment activities, organizations can streamline certification, control costs, and bring secure products to market faster.

SESIP certification provides a practical and internationally recognized way to demonstrate the security of IoT products and components.

Modular approach

Modern IoT products are often built using pre-existing hardware and software components that may already have undergone security evaluation. SESIP enables manufacturers to reuse these evaluation results, reducing duplicate assessment effort, lowering certification costs, and accelerating time-to-market.

Unlike traditional certification approaches that may require significant re-evaluation when certified components are integrated into new products, SESIP uses a compositional approach that allows security assurance to be reused across product families and supply chains.

For products requiring internationally recognized product assurance outside the SESIP ecosystem, manufacturers may also consider Common Criteria certification. Bureau Veritas supports both certification schemes and can help determine the most appropriate approach based on your product and market requirements. Learn more about our Common Criteria certification services.

With SESIP certification, organizations can:

• Demonstrate independently verified cybersecurity assurance
• Meet increasing customer, industry, and regulatory security expectations
• Reuse evaluation results across multiple products
• Reduce certification costs and time-to-market
• Strengthen market access and competitive positioning

How Bureau Veritas Supports Your SESIP Journey

Achieving certification requires more than testing alone. Our cybersecurity experts support you throughout the entire process, from preparation to certification.

SESIP Readiness Assessment

We assess your product, documentation, and security architecture against SESIP requirements, identifying gaps early and helping you avoid costly delays later in the certification process.

Security Evaluation and Testing

Our specialists perform vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, and other evaluation activities aligned with the selected SESIP Assurance Level.

Documentation and Evidence Support

We help prepare the technical evidence required for evaluation, including security requirements, architecture documentation, threat analysis, and supporting security claims.

Certification Guidance

We guide you through the certification process, supporting communication, remediation activities, and submission to the certification body.

SESIP Assurance Levels

SESIP offers five Assurance Levels (SESIP 1–5), allowing organizations to select the level of evaluation that matches their product risks, business objectives, and market requirements.

Most commercial IoT products pursue SESIP 1, 2, or 3, ranging from documentation-based assessments to independent penetration testing and source-code-supported vulnerability analysis.

Choosing the right assurance level and preparing the required evidence can be challenging. Bureau Veritas helps organizations navigate the SESIP process efficiently and confidently.

SESIP or Common Criteria?

Both SESIP and Common Criteria provide independent security assurance, but they are designed for different certification strategies.

• SESIP is optimized for IoT devices, platforms and components, allowing manufacturers to reuse existing evaluation results across product families and supply chains.
• Common Criteria provides a comprehensive international evaluation framework for a broad range of IT, IoT and OT products and is widely recognized by governments, enterprises and procurement authorities worldwide.

Bureau Veritas supports both certification schemes and can help you select the most appropriate certification strategy based on your product, target markets and customer requirements.

Learn more about Common Criteria certification

Your Partner for SESIP Certification

Bureau Veritas combines deep cybersecurity expertise with global certification experience to help manufacturers bring secure products to market with confidence.

• Extensive experience in IoT, embedded, and industrial systems security
• Expertise in vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
• Support across the complete certification lifecycle
• Efficient evaluation processes to help reduce project timelines
• Global recognition and trust as part of the Bureau Veritas Group