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Secure Automation Networks with Siemens Scalance S612/S613 Security Module
Data security is besides availability of first priority in an industrial environment. Therefore, Siemens offers the Scalance S612/S613 Security Module. The escrypt labs performed a thorough security analysis of these devices. Our analysis gives besides the security evaluation a detailed description of the security services and provides advice for applying the device.
The module offers the following core security features:
Altogether, we conclude that the security module reaches the high security targets. The configuration is extremely easy so that the network can be securely configured with a few settings. False settings are hardly ever possible. The automation branch requires extremely robust components so that concessions were made. On the other side the device allows setting up an all around secure network according to the current state of knowledge. A robust case rounds off the picture.
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