Fundamental safety instructions 
  1.3 Industrial security 
Commissioning with Startdrive 
Commissioning Manual, (IH3), 07/2016, 6SL3097-4AA10-0BP0 
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Note 
Industrial security 
Siemens provides products and solutions with industrial security functions that support the 
secure operation of plants, systems, machines 
and networks. 
In order to protect plants, systems, machines and networks against cyber threats, it is 
necessary to implement 
– and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial 
security concept. Siemens products and solutions only represe
nt one component of such a 
 
The customer is responsible for preventing unauthorized access to its plants, systems, 
machines and networks. Systems, machines and components should only be connected to 
the enterprise network or the internet if and to 
the extent necessary and with appropriate 
security measures (e.g. use of firewalls and network segmentation) in place. 
 
Additionally, Siemens’ guidance on appropriate security measures should be taken into 
account. For more information about industrial sec
urity, please visit: 
http://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity). 
Siemens’ products and solutions undergo continuous development to make them more 
secure. Siemens strongly rec
ommends to apply product updates as soon as available and to 
always use the latest product versions. Use of product versions that are no longer supported, 
and failure to apply latest updates may increase customer’s exposure to cyber threats. 
 
med about product updates, subscribe to the Siemens Industrial Security RSS 
 
http://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity). 
 
Danger to life as a result of unsafe operating states resulting from software manipulation 
Software manipulations (e.g. viruses, trojans, malware 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 security concept for the installation or machine. 
•  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 protection measures, e.g. virus scanners.