Yaskawa America earns top global cybersecurity certification for its robotics business
The Ohio-based robotics company 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, serving manufacturing and clinical laboratory customers among others.
- 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 is ISO/IEC 27001:2022, a globally recognised standard for information security management systems. An outside auditor checks whether a company has solid, documented systems for keeping data safe, not just stated intentions.
EAGLE Certification Group conducted the audit, and Yaskawa became the first company certified under EAGLE's newly accredited programme, which is now formally recognised by the ANSI National Accreditation Board, the main US body overseeing certification organisations.
Three years of internal work preceded the result. Robert Turner, a support services administrator at Yaskawa, led a cross-department team that reviewed and strengthened security across technology and organisational practices. That's exactly what ISO 27001 demands before auditors will sign off.
Yaskawa's customers share sensitive production data and sometimes patient-adjacent clinical records with the robots and software they buy. When a supplier earns ISO 27001, those customers get a third-party-verified answer: is my vendor actually protecting what we send them?
David Troeter, vice president of Yaskawa Support Services, told The Robot Report that as factories connect more machines and software together, security can no longer be an afterthought. That framing is accurate, and it's also good for business: 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's recognition across more than 160 countries makes the certification useful for Yaskawa's international customers too. Founded in 1989, the Motoman Robotics Division has more than 600,000 robots installed globally.
First reported by The Robot Report, the news arrives as connected robots that can be remotely monitored and updated become standard factory infrastructure. They're powerful tools, and potential entry points when security is weak. Yaskawa has said it will keep investing in the people, processes and technologies 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. The honest caveat: certification confirms that documented processes exist and were audited at a point in time. It doesn't guarantee nothing goes wrong. Watch whether Yaskawa pursues annual surveillance audits, which the standard requires, and whether the scope of certification expands beyond support services.
