A removable security module configured to be communicatively coupled to a plurality of process control devices, comprising: a body configured to be removably coupled to any one of the plurality of process control devices within a process control system; a display or a display interface connector to communicatively couple the removable security module to an external display, wherein the display or the external display is used to display control device information associated with the process control device that is communicatively coupled to the removable security module; a memory disposed in the body, wherein process control device commissioning information and a shared secret are stored in the memory; a processing unit disposed in the body, coupled to the memory and configured to: read authentication information from the process control device; compare the information to the shared secret; authenticate the process control device based on the comparison; commission the process control device according to the commissioning information when the process control device is authenticated by assigning, via an authenticator, a role to the process control device that is communicatively coupled to the removable security module, wherein the role provides an indication of actions that the process control device takes in the process control system; monitor, via the removable security module, communications of the process control device; and determine, via the removable security module, if the process control device is to respond to a request of command when a request or command is received at the process control device. a body configured to be removably coupled to any one of the plurality of process control devices within a process control system; a display or a display interface connector to communicatively couple the removable security module to an external display, wherein the display or the external display is used to display control device information associated with the process control device that is communicatively coupled to the removable security module; a memory disposed in the body, wherein process control device commissioning information and a shared secret are stored in the memory; a processing unit disposed in the body, coupled to the memory and configured to: read authentication information from the process control device; compare the information to the shared secret; authenticate the process control device based on the comparison; commission the process control device according to the commissioning information when the process control device is authenticated by assigning, via an authenticator, a role to the process control device that is communicatively coupled to the removable security module, wherein the role provides an indication of actions that the process control device takes in the process control system; monitor, via the removable security module, communications of the process control device; and determine, via the removable security module, if the process control device is to respond to a request of command when a request or command is received at the process control device. read authentication information from the process control device; compare the information to the shared secret; authenticate the process control device based on the comparison; commission the process control device according to the commissioning information when the process control device is authenticated by assigning, via an authenticator, a role to the process control device that is communicatively coupled to the removable security module, wherein the role provides an indication of actions that the process control device takes in the process control system; monitor, via the removable security module, communications of the process control device; and determine, via the removable security module, if the process control device is to respond to a request of command when a request or command is received at the process control device.