Yaskawa America earns top global cybersecurity certification for its robotics business
The Ohio-based robotics giant completed a three-year security overhaul and passed an independent audit to earn ISO 27001 status, giving factory customers a formal guarantee their data is protected.
Key points
- Yaskawa America Inc. received ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification in 2025 after a three-year internal security programme.
- The company was the first organisation certified under auditor EAGLE Certification Group's newly accredited version of the programme.
- Yaskawa's Motoman Robotics Division has more than 600,000 robots installed globally across manufacturing, healthcare labs, and other industries.
- ISO 27001 is recognised in more than 160 countries as the benchmark standard for managing information security risk.
Yaskawa America, the Miamisburg, Ohio company behind the Motoman line of industrial robots, has passed one of the world's most demanding cybersecurity audits.
The certification in question is ISO/IEC 27001:2022, a globally recognised standard for information security management. Think of it as an independent stamp of approval: an outside auditor checks whether a company has solid, documented systems for keeping data safe, not just good intentions.
The audit was carried out by EAGLE Certification Group, and Yaskawa became the first company to earn certification under EAGLE's newly accredited version of the programme, which is now formally recognised by the ANSI National Accreditation Board, the main US body that oversees certification organisations.
The result followed three years of internal work. Robert Turner, a support services administrator at Yaskawa, led a cross-department team that reviewed and strengthened security across the company's technology, operations, and organisational practices. That kind of multi-year, company-wide effort is exactly what ISO 27001 demands before auditors will sign off.
Why does this matter to people outside the robotics industry? Yaskawa's customers are manufacturers, hospital laboratories, and warehouse operators. They share sensitive production data, process records, and sometimes patient-adjacent clinical data with the robots and software they buy. When a supplier earns ISO 27001, those customers get a third-party-verified answer to the question: "Is my vendor actually protecting what we send them?"
David Troeter, vice president of Yaskawa Support Services, framed it plainly. As factories connect more machines and software together, security can no longer be an afterthought in selling automation equipment.
For procurement teams and IT managers at companies that use Yaskawa equipment, the practical upside is real. Many large organisations now require suppliers to show certified security programmes before signing contracts. ISO 27001 satisfies that requirement without lengthy back-and-forth questionnaires.
The standard is recognised in more than 160 countries, making the certification useful for Yaskawa's international customers too.
First reported by The Robot Report, the news arrives as manufacturers across sectors face growing pressure to treat cybersecurity as core infrastructure, not an add-on. Connected robots that can be remotely monitored and updated are powerful tools, and they are also potential entry points if security is weak.
Yaskawa said it will keep investing in the people, processes, and technology that sit behind the certification, treating it as a baseline rather than a finish line.
What does this mean for companies that use Yaskawa robots?
If your organisation buys or operates Yaskawa Motoman equipment, this certification is practical proof that the company meets a rigorous, independently checked security standard. You can reference it directly when satisfying your own supplier-security compliance requirements.
