Securing the Future: Vaisala Achieves ISO 27001 Certification & Strengthens Information Security
Summary
Vaisala has earned ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, securing the full customer journey from sales to service. Aligned with EU NIS2 requirements, Vaisala’s secure development practices strengthen products like continuous monitoring and meteorological systems, ensuring data integrity, regulatory compliance, and resilient protection for customers worldwide.
ISO 27001 Certification: A Milestone in Information Security
Vaisala has reached a major milestone in our commitment to information security by achieving ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. This globally recognized standard confirms that our Information Security Management System (ISMS) meets the highest standards for safeguarding information assets, ensuring business continuity, and minimizing risks.
The certification scope formally covers the design, development, production, sales, and service of instruments, systems, software, and information for weather, energy, environmental, and industrial applications in accordance with the Statement of Applicability version 3.1 (9.5.2025). In practice, this means the certification extends across the entire customer journey—from sales to product development and production to maintenance. Our corporate operations and data are secure, and our solutions, services, and products are developed securely and designed to remain secure throughout their lifecycle.
This achievement is the result of a multi-year effort involving cross-functional collaboration, detailed audits, and alignment with International Accreditation Forum requirements, and it underscores our long-term commitment to protecting customer trust.
From the early planning phases through audits in multiple global Vaisala offices, including Finland and the U.S., this journey has been both demanding and rewarding. The ISO 27001 certification allows Vaisala to demonstrate commitment to security to external stakeholders, especially our customers.
NIS2 Directive: New Obligations for a New Era
The European Union has raised the bar for cybersecurity with the NIS2 Directive (EU 2022/2555), which came into force nationally in Finland through the Cybersecurity Act on April 8, 2024. This directive places legal obligations on critical sectors—including energy, healthcare, digital infrastructure, and electronics manufacturing—to implement risk management measures, report incidents, and secure their operations against security breaches.
While ISO 27001 is a voluntary standard, it closely aligns with the mandatory controls of NIS2. Achieving certification demonstrates that Vaisala already meets many of the directive’s core principles, including risk management, incident response, governance, and continual improvement.
viewLinc Continuous Monitoring System: Secure by Design for Life Sciences
Security is built into Vaisala’s viewLinc Continuous Monitoring System from the ground up. Beyond our ISO 27001 certification, viewLinc follows Vaisala’s secure development lifecycle approach—ensuring that protection begins at product design and continues through end-of-life. We continuously assess risks and vulnerabilities, implement the required security features, and provide regular software updates and security patches. This lifecycle approach safeguards data integrity and delivers end-to-end system protection in regulated GxP environments.
Third-party security audits and in-house penetration testing are conducted regularly, using frameworks such as OWASP and the ASVS Level 3 standard. Vaisala's product development process includes industry standard best practices to ensure product security, for instance threat modeling, secure development and security testing. Product development process was awarded with IEC 62443-4-1 maturity level 2 certificate in June 2025. Results of continuous vulnerability assessments allow for on-going system improvements to viewLinc Enterprise Server Software and viewLinc Cloud SaaS.
Meeting GxP & Cybersecurity Expectations
In environments regulated by FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and EU GMP Annex 11, protecting environmental data is essential. Both viewLinc systems include features that support password complexity, user access control, automated audit trails, and secure system updates—all aligned with regulatory expectations. These controls help protect against internal threats, low-tech attacks like phishing, and high-tech attacks such as TLS exploits, replay attacks, and MITM (man-in-the-middle) attacks.
We have built viewLinc with secure communication protocols, such as TLS 1.3, and strong certificate validation to defend against sophisticated attacks. Both viewLinc ES and viewLinc Cloud were designed to aid in GxP compliance and provide proactive defense in support of regulatory readiness.
Advancing Security in Meteorology
Vaisala is also a pioneer in weather-related cybersecurity. Recognizing the critical importance of reliable weather forecasts for public safety, we have enhanced our atmospheric sounding solutions with multi-GNSS support and message authentication features. These innovations empower meteorological agencies to defend against both natural and man-made threats to atmospheric data collection.
Multi-GNSS support improves resilience against GPS interference—enhancing data availability by an average of 60%—while message authentication protects telemetry from malicious disruption or manipulation. These features are available in RS41 radiosondes when used with the Vaisala Cirrus Sounding System MW51.
Meteorological agencies today face complex challenges that can disrupt vital atmospheric data collection and lead to inaccurate weather forecasts. Vaisala solutions directly address this evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, empowering meteorological agencies to collect reliable atmospheric data and deliver forecasts society can trust.
Taking Every Measure to Ensure Information Security
Vaisala continues to strengthen its security strategy with ongoing training, regular internal audits, and alignment with evolving regulations and industry best practices. Our approach is based on the belief that information security is a continuous journey, not a one-time achievement.
By staying proactive, we not only safeguard our digital infrastructure and information assets; we secure the systems and data of our customers. Information security is a moving target in today’s world, but with a resilient strategy, trusted technologies, and a culture of shared responsibility, we’re committed to staying one step ahead of emerging threats—for today and the future.
Committed to Your Security
We welcome your questions about our security practices and ISO 27001 certification. Contact Vaisala to speak with our team.