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Security Information
Siemens provides automation and drive products with industrial security functions that support the secure operation of plants or machines.
They are an important component in a holistic industrial security concept. With this in mind, our products undergo continuous development.
We therefore recommend that you keep yourself informed with respect to our product updates. Please find further information and newsletters
on this subject at: http://support.automation.siemens.com .
To ensure the secure operation of a plant or machine it is also necessary to take suitable preventive action (e.g. cell protection concept) and
to integrate the automation and drive components into a state-of-the-art holistic industrial security concept for the entire plant or machine.
Any third-party products that may be in use must also be taken into account. Please find further information at: http://www.siemens.com/
industrialsecurity .
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