Safety notes
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2.1
Security information
Siemens provides products and solutions with industrial security functions that support the
secure operation of plants, systems, machines and networks.
In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is necessary
to implement – and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial security
concept. Siemens’ products and solutions constitute one element of such a concept.
Customers are responsible for preventing unauthorized access to their plants, systems,
machines and networks. Such systems, machines and components should only be connected to
an enterprise network or the internet if and to the extent such a connection is necessary and only
when appropriate security measures (e.g. firewalls and/or network segmentation) are in place.
For additional information on industrial security measures that may be implemented, please
visit
https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity.
Siemens’ products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more secure.
Siemens strongly recommends that product updates are applied as soon as they are available
and that the latest product versions are used. Use of product versions that are no longer
supported, and failure to apply the latest updates may increase customer’s exposure to cyber
threats.
To stay informed about product updates, subscribe to the Siemens Industrial Security RSS Feed
under
https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity.
2.2
Data security in automation
The topic of data security and access protection (security) is becoming more and more important
in industrial environments. Increased networking of entire industrial plants, vertical integration
and networking of the levels within a company, and new technologies, such as remote
maintenance, are resulting in more increased requirements for protection of the industrial plant.
Security is the generic term for all protection measures:
• Loss of confidentiality due to unauthorized accessing of data
• Loss of integrity due to data manipulation
• Loss of availability due to destruction of data
To provide protection from manipulation in sensitive plant and production networks, it is not
enough to apply data security solutions for offices to industrial applications without any
adaptation.
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