(not the other way around) With the rapid growth of IEC 61508 Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and IEC 62443 Cybersecurity (SL) Certifications, many companies are now learning to understand what is the process and what would their involvement be. Some don’t realize it, but manufacturers and integrators (solution providers) have MANY different options when obtaining their certifications. To people’s surprise, certification is actually molded around the manufacturer and/or integrator. Those options will fluctuate how much time certification will take, how much will it cost, and how many man hours will be consumed to achieve certification.