With the increasing number of attacks against industrial control systems, functions security issues of the smart grid industrial control system gradually become the focus of research in the field of smart grid. This paper introduced smart grid industrial control systems threats which faced and incidents firstly, and analyzed the current situation of the functional safety certification, including certification bodies, certification tools and certification classes; Then, researched the smart grid industrial control system functional safety certification, gave the content of the smart grid industrial control system functional safety certification, and made the design of its hardware evaluation process; Finally, we discuss the research status of functional safety certification, and pointed out the problems that the smart grid industrial control system functional safety faces.