Network Security Guidelines For The Keysight Sampling Oscilloscope Products - Keysight Technologies N1002A Quick Start Manual

Network Security Guidelines for the Keysight
Sampling Oscilloscope Products
As cyber security threats continue to evolve, many businesses and laboratories
are evaluating the networking security of their measurement instruments. The
following information provides networking security guidelines for the following
Keysight products:
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To provide overlapping protection from vulnerabilities, a multilayered approach
to network security is recommended. Securing the measurement instruments
on your network is just one piece in a larger picture of IT cybersecurity, which
includes firewalls, network segmentation, gateway antivirus scanning, and
intrusion detection. As cyber threats continue to evolve, continued updates to
network security tools and techniques are required.
The products listed above use the Microsoft Windows operating system, which
allows standard IT networking security defenses to be used. Each of the
following sections covers standard practices for improving networking security.
Use Antivirus software
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The N1000A and N1002A comes with antivirus software already installed
(Windows Defender).
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N1000A and 86100D DCA-X sampling oscilloscopes
N1002A DCA-M Optimization Controller
Install antivirus software on your instrument, and schedule regular scans.
This is important to do even if your instrument is not connected to a net-
work, because instruments will still be susceptible to malware transported
by removable media such as USB flash drives.
To further reduce the risk of removable media malware, you can also dis-
able AutoPlay and AutoRun in Windows.
On N1000A and N1002A instruments, some antivirus products block USB
devices by default, which can disable the USB device communication Key-
sight instrumentation. To resolve this issue, use the antivirus software to cre-
ate a policy to allow these USB devices to communicate.
For more information, refer to the Keysight Computer Virus Control Pro-
gram description at: https://about.keysight.com/en/quality/Keysight_Com-
puter_Virus_Control_Program.pdf
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