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UK PSTI Product Security ETSI Evidence

ETSI EN 303 645 and TS 103 701 can structure technical evidence, but the standards-based PSTI route depends on the exact mapped provisions and additional Schedule 2 conditions.

Map the assessed configuration and each verdict to the exact Schedule 2 condition relied on.

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May 9, 2026
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Jul 24, 2026
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Published May 9, 2026
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and TS 103 701 can structure technical evidence, but the standards-based PSTI route depends on the exact mapped provisions and additional Schedule 2 conditions. The wider ETSI baseline remains guidance unless another binding duty applies.

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Question 1

Which ETSI provisions map to the PSTI requirements?

The 2023 Regulations name V2.1.1, dated 19 June 2020. Schedule 2 maps the password requirement to provisions 5.1-1 and, where relevant, 5.1-2; vulnerability reporting to provision 5.2-1; and support-period information to provision 5.3-13, subject to the Schedule's additional conditions.

Only those mapped conditions create the original ETSI route. The rest of EN 303 645 can improve product security, but it is not automatically a binding PSTI requirement. A later ETSI edition does not replace V2.1.1 in the Regulations unless the law is amended.

From 4 December 2025, the amended Regulations also provide specified routes based on current Japan JC-STAR STAR-1 and Singapore Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme labels. They also add Schedule 2A conditions for with the manufacturer's statement-accompaniment duty. These are condition-specific alternatives, not recognition of every foreign certificate or a waiver of all PSTI duties.

  • Record the exact EN 303 645 edition, provision, Schedule 1 requirement, and product or software scope.
  • Treat ISO/IEC 29147:2018 as an alternative deemed-compliance route only for the specified vulnerability-disclosure paragraphs and additional Schedule 2 conditions.
  • For a recognised label route, retain the scheme and specification version, product and software scope, label identifier, issue and expiry dates, and current public verification record.
  • Check the current Regulations before reusing an assessment prepared against a different edition, product configuration, label status, or legal condition.
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What can ETSI TS 103 701 evidence?

V1.1.1 is a conformance-assessment specification for the EN 303 645 V2.1.1 baseline. It provides fields and conceptual and functional test cases. It can structure evidence for password generation, vulnerability-policy publication, and support-period publication.

A TS 103 701 report should identify the device under test, hardware, firmware, companion applications, associated services, interfaces, applicable provisions, implementation claims, test methods, samples, evidence, deviations, and verdicts. Its value depends on matching the assessed configuration to the product and services supplied in the United Kingdom.

Use a three-step mapping. First, identify the exact Schedule 1 duty and Schedule 2 condition. Second, link it to the named EN 303 645 V2.1.1 provision and any additional statutory condition. Third, link each implementation claim and TS 103 701 verdict to dated design and test evidence for the released product.

  • Preserve the device, firmware, app, cloud-service, and test-specification versions.
  • Map each verdict to the exact PSTI condition; do not submit an undifferentiated pass statement.
  • Explain exclusions, non-applicable provisions, samples, tooling, and changes since the assessment.
  • Assign an engineering owner for the implementation evidence, an assessor for the verdict, and a legal or compliance owner for the separate PSTI scope and deemed-compliance conclusion.
  • Reassess after a credential, interface, associated-service, vulnerability process, support-period, update-delivery, product-scope, standard-edition, or recognised-label change.
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ETSI TS 103 701 V1.1.1

Provides the assessment specification, test objectives, implementation information, and verdict structure for EN 303 645.

Question 3

What does an ETSI assessment not replace?

An ETSI assessment does not decide whether the product is a relevant connectable product, whether it is made available as a UK consumer connectable product, or which business is a manufacturer, importer, or distributor. It also does not replace statement accompaniment, retention, supply-chain checks, or the Act's investigation, remediation, notification, and record duties.

Where an exact Schedule 2A condition applies from 4 December 2025, it can replace the manufacturer's statement-accompaniment duty for that product and condition. It does not automatically remove importer or distributor checks, retention duties attached to a statement that is still required, compliance-failure duties, or other security requirements.

The current-label routes depend on the specified scheme, product, condition, and label status. A supplier declaration, expired label, different scheme level, or assessment of a related model should not be described as a general recognition of the supplied product.

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ETSI TS 103 701 V1.1.1
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  • Provides the assessment specification, test objectives, implementation information, and verdict structure for EN 303 645.
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