Industry jargon

TLS

Also called: Transport Layer Security Transport Layer Security, or TLS, protects network communications by providing confidentiality, data integrity and endpoint authentication. EV charging systems use TLS to protect connections between networked components such as charging stations and management systems. OCPP 2.x includes security profiles that use TLS. OCPP certification requires Security Profile 2 in the Core for OCPP 2.x, while advanced security can use client-side certificates for mutual authentication. TLS protects data in transit. It does not replace controls such as secure boot, signed firmware or certificate management on the device itself.