Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Commissioning Manual page 12

Fundamental safety instructions
1.4 Security information
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
services/cert.html#Subscriptions).
Further information is provided on the Internet:
Industrial Security Configuration Manual
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Unsafe operating states resulting from software manipulation
Software manipulations, e.g. viruses, Trojans, or worms, can cause unsafe operating states in
your system that may lead to death, serious injury, and property damage.
• Keep the software up to date.
• Incorporate the automation and drive components into a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial
• Make sure that you include all installed products into the holistic industrial security concept.
• Protect files stored on exchangeable storage media from malicious software by with suitable
• On completion of commissioning, check all security-related settings.
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security concept for the installation or machine.
protection measures, e.g. virus scanners.
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