User manual SEFELEC 5x Series  164   v1.06 
 
  CYBER SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS 
SEFELEC 5x range has been designed with cyber security as a major consideration. A number 
of features are offered in the product to address cyber security risks. These Cybersecurity Rec-
ommendations provide information to help users to deploy and maintain the product in a manner 
that minimizes the cybersecurity risks. These Cybersecurity recommendations are not intended 
to provide a comprehensive guide to cybersecurity, but rather to supplement customers' existing 
cybersecurity programmes. 
EATON is committed to minimizing the cybersecurity risk in its products and deploying cyberse-
curity best practices in its products and solutions, making them more secure, reliable and com-
petitive for customers.  
17.1.1.  ASSET MANAGEMENT: 
Keeping track of software and hardware assets in your environment is a pre-requisite for effec-
tively managing cybersecurity. EATON recommends that you maintain an asset inventory that 
identifies each important component individually. To facilitate this, SEFELEC 5x Range supports 
the following identifying information: 
- Manufacturer, Type, serial number, F/W version number, and location. Most of this information 
is shown on a sticker at the back of the unit.  
For the Firmware revision refer to Section 6.5 of the operating manual. 
17.1.2.  RISK ASSESSMENT: 
 
EATON recommends conducting a risk assessment to identify and assess reasonably foreseea-
ble internal and external risks to confidentiality, availability and integrity of the System | Device 
and its environment. This exercise should be conducted in accordance with applicable technical 
and regulatory frameworks such as IEC 62443. The risk assessment should be repeated period-
ically. 
17.1.3.  PHYSICAL SECURITY: 
An attacker with unauthorized physical access can cause serious disruption to device function-
ality. Additionally, Industrial Control Protocols do not offer cryptographic protections, making ICS 
and SCADA communications especially vulnerable to threats to their confidentiality. Physical 
security is an important layer of defence in such cases. SEFELEC 5x is designed to be deployed 
and operated in a physically secure location.