Cyber Security - ABB ITS2.1 User Manual

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CYBER SECURITY

Disclaimer It is the sole responsibility of the customer to provide and continuously ensure a secure
connection between the product and the customer network or any other network. The customer
is required to establish and maintain any appropriate measures (including but not limited to the
installation of firewalls, application of authentication measures, encryption of data, installation
of anti- virus programs, etc.) to protect the product, the network, its system and the interface
against any kind of security breach, unauthorized access, interference, intrusion, leakage and/or
theft of data or information. ABB and its affiliates are not liable for damage and/or losses
related to such security breaches, unauthorized access, interference, intrusion, leakage and/or
theft of data or information.
Secure The user of the product should be aware that the unsecure nature of the serial Modbus protocol
Deployment exposes the communication between the product and the control system. Encryption,
authentication or integrity of transmitted data are not provided by the protocol. To prevent
equipment to operate in an unsafe or undesirable manner due to malicious activities the product
must be positioned in a trusted network, strictly limited and in a hosted portion of a network or
control system. The recommendation is also to restrict physical access to the product/system to
only allow authorized people to make changes to the system. Besides, the user can setup system
to trigger alarm when communication is interrupted (device stops responding) and check if
there are any unsafe condition.
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