Pilz Security Advisories – in the established CSAF format

In an increasingly digitalised world, the number of security-related vulnerabilities is constantly increasing. In particular, security gaps in software cannot be 100 % prevented. As such it is more important than ever to provide security-critical information quickly, reliably and in an internationally machine-readable format, so that vulnerabilities can be addressed using recommended actions. For this reason, at Pilz we now create our Security Advisories in CSAF format, among others. This means they can be used efficiently worldwide, and our customers can integrate them automatically into their own security processes. This enables us and our customers to improve vulnerability management and, in particular, to significantly reduce the time between a vulnerability being disclosed and the response to it.

The Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF) is an international standard used to distribute information about public vulnerability reports and potential measures in a machine-readable, standardised format. The structured Security Advisories it generates make it much easier for companies to handle security-related information. CSAF enables Security Advisories to be collected and analysed automatically. This eliminates much of the manual effort that would otherwise be involved in searching for vulnerabilities or assessing impact. As CSAF is recognised and standardised worldwide, these advisories can be read and processed automatically without problem, regardless of the systems, countries or tools that are used.

We create our Security Advisories not only in CSAF, but also in our own Security Advisory format, which we always make available on our website as a PDF.

 

• PDF download of Security Advisory
• More information about security vulnerability management at Pilz