Protection; Overview Of The Protective Functions Of The Cpu - Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Operating Instructions Manual

Protection

8.1

Overview of the protective functions of the CPU

Introduction
This section describes the functions for protecting the S7-1500 automation system against
unauthorized access. The following functions are available:
● Configuring access protection
● Using complex passwords
● Using virus scanners and firewall
● Protection against unauthorized operation (deactivating or restricting remote access)
● Copy protection
● Know-how protection
● Using whitelisting tools
Further measures for protecting the CPU
The following measures additionally increase the protection against unauthorized access to
functions and data of the CPU from outside and via the network:
● Deactivation of the Web server
● Deactivation of the time synchronization via an NTP Server
● Deactivation of the PUT/GET communication
Note
Functionalities disabled by default
These functionalities are deactivated by default. To use the functionalities, you enable them
in STEP 7.
Reference
For additional information on the protection functions of the S7-1500 automation system, see
the section on protection in the S7-1500 Automation System System Manual
(https://support.automation.siemens.com/WW/view/en/59191792).
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