ISO 22383-2020 PDF

Full title and description

Security and resilience — Authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents — Guidelines for the selection and performance evaluation of authentication solutions for material goods. This standard provides guidance to organisations on choosing and evaluating authentication solutions that establish and verify the authenticity and integrity of material goods (and where appropriate their components, parts and associated data) across the goods' life cycle, with particular focus on counterfeiting-related risks and distinct identities for material goods.

Abstract

ISO 22383:2020 gives guidelines for performance criteria and an evaluation methodology for authentication solutions intended to unambiguously establish material-good authenticity and integrity throughout a material good’s life cycle. It helps organisations determine categories of authentication elements, selection criteria and evaluation methods to address counterfeiting, product fraud and diversion, after conducting a counterfeiting risk assessment. The document does not prescribe economic cost–performance correlations.

General information

• Status: Published.
• Publication date: September 2020.
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• ICS / categories: 03.100.01 (Security and protection — general guidance for product/document authenticity and related systems).
• Edition / version: Edition 1, 2020-09.
• Number of pages: 25 pages.

Scope

ISO 22383:2020 applies to all organisations (of any type and size) that require the ability to validate the authenticity and integrity of material goods. It covers guidance on performance criteria and a methodology to evaluate authentication solutions for a material good and, where applicable, its components, parts and related data — particularly where goods are protected by intellectual property rights, regulated by law, or susceptible to counterfeiting. The standard is intended for use after a counterfeiting risk assessment has been performed and is applicable across the life cycle of the material good.

Key topics and requirements

• Definitions and classification of authentication elements and solution categories (overt, covert, forensic, physical and digital elements).
• Performance criteria for authentication solutions (effectiveness, robustness, reliability, repeatability across the life cycle).
• Evaluation methodology and test approaches to assess solution performance against defined criteria.
• Selection criteria to match authentication elements to counterfeiting risk profiles and supply‑chain characteristics.
• Considerations for lifecycle management, interoperability with product identification systems, and integration with brand protection strategies.
• Applications focused on anti‑counterfeiting, prevention of product fraud and prevention of diversion; does not prescribe economic cost–performance models.

Typical use and users

Typical users include brand owners, manufacturers, packaging and security-solution providers, customs and regulatory authorities, law-enforcement agencies, supply-chain managers, conformity assessment bodies and consultants involved in product protection and anti‑counterfeiting programmes. Organisations use the standard to design, select, test and evaluate authentication and anti‑counterfeiting measures appropriate to their risk exposure and operating environment.

Related standards

ISO 22383 is part of the ISO security and resilience series addressing authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents. Related standards include ISO 22380, ISO 22381, ISO 22382, ISO 22384, ISO 22385, ISO 22387 and ISO 22388; ISO 22383 replaces and updates earlier guidance such as ISO 12931:2012 (withdrawn). These standards together cover general principles for product fraud risk, interoperability of identification/authentication systems, tax stamp guidance, protection‑plan monitoring and related validation/brand‑protection procedures.

Keywords

authentication solutions; authentication elements; material goods; anti‑counterfeiting; product fraud; integrity; authenticity; evaluation methodology; performance criteria; lifecycle; ISO/TC 292.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO 22383:2020 is an ISO international standard giving guidelines and a methodology to select and evaluate authentication solutions intended to establish and verify the authenticity and integrity of material goods across their life cycle.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers performance criteria, evaluation methodology, selection criteria for authentication elements and how to align solutions with counterfeiting risk assessments. It applies to goods and, where relevant, their components, parts and associated data, and to solutions used for anti‑counterfeiting, product‑fraud prevention and diversion prevention.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Brand owners, manufacturers, packaging/security suppliers, regulators, customs, law enforcement, supply‑chain and quality managers, and consultants implementing or assessing authentication and brand‑protection measures.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: ISO 22383:2020 is the current published standard (published September 2020). It supersedes/updates earlier guidance such as ISO 12931:2012, which has been withdrawn. Standards are subject to periodic review (typically every five years).

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it is part of the ISO security and resilience work on authenticity, integrity and trust for products and documents (the ISO 22380–22388 family), which provides complementary guidance on product‑fraud risk, interoperability, tax stamps, protection plans and validation procedures.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Authentication, authenticity, integrity, authentication elements, anti‑counterfeiting, product fraud, evaluation methodology, performance criteria, lifecycle, brand protection.