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Glossary · ISO/SAE 21434
Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS)
Also known as: Cybersecurity Management System
Organisational management system that governs cybersecurity activities for road-vehicle programmes.
A CSMS is the policies, processes, roles, and resources an organisation uses to identify, analyse, treat, and continually monitor cybersecurity risk across vehicle programmes. ISO/SAE 21434 Clause 5 defines the organisational requirements; UNECE R155 makes a certified CSMS a precondition for vehicle type approval in adopting markets.
Why it matters
A CSMS certificate has a fixed validity (typically three years) and is audited annually. Without it, type-approval submissions stall and OEMs cascade contractual cybersecurity obligations to suppliers via Cybersecurity Interface Agreements.
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