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Operators of production plants are increasingly emphasizing secure communication, including real-time communication, such as PROFINET, within their control systems. This trend is further advanced by standards like IEC 62443, which demand the protection of realtime communication in the field. PROFIBUS and PROFINET International (PI) is working on the specification of the security extensions for PROFINET (“PROFINET Security”), which shall fulfill the requirements of secure communication in the field.
This paper discusses the matter in three parts. First, the roles and responsibilities of the plant owner, the system integrator, and the component provider regarding security, and the basics of the IEC 62443 will be described. Second, a conceptual overview of PROFINET Security, as well as a status update about the PI specification work will be given. Third, the article will describe how PROFINET Security can contribute to the defense-in-depth approach, and what the expected operating environment is. We will evaluate how PROFINET Security contributes to fulfilling the IEC 62443-4-2 standard for automation components.
Two of the authors are members of the PI Working Group CB/PG10 Security.
This paper reflects the content of the presentation “The Next Generation: Ethernet-APL for Safety Systems” at the NAMUR Annual General Meeting 2022. It deals with the use of the Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer (Ethernet-APL) in combination with the PROFINET/PROFIsafe protocol for safety applications. It describes the virtues of the digital communication between the field and safety system. In parallel the aspect of OT security for this use case is touched as well. The paper proposes a secure architecture, where safety- and non-safety field communications are still separated. At the end a set of requirements for the development of future APL devices is described.
Die Konvergenz von Netzwerken ist ein zunehmender Trend im Bereich der Automatisierung. Immer mehr Anlagenbetreiber streben eine Vereinheitlichung der Netzwerke in ihren Anlagen an. Dies führt zu einer nahtlosen Netzwerkstruktur, einer vereinfachten Überwachung und einem geringeren Schulungsaufwand für das Personal, da nur eine einheitliche Netzwerktechnologie gehandhabt werden muss. Ethernet-APL ist ein Teil des Puzzles für ein solches konvergentes Netzwerk und unterstützt verschiedene Echtzeitprotokolle wie PROFINET, EtherNet, HART-IP sowie das Middleware-Protokoll OPC UA. Dieses Papier gibt einen Überblick über die Auswirkungen von Ethernet-APL-Feldgeräten auf die OT-Sicherheit und schlägt vor, wie die OT-Sicherheit für diese Geräte gewährleistet werden kann.
Network convergence is an increasing trend in the automation domain. More and more plant owners strive for a unification of networks in their plants. This yields a seamless network structure, simplified supervision, and reduced training effort for the personnel, as only one unified network technology needs to be handled. Ethernet-APL is one piece of the puzzle for such a converged network, supporting various real time protocols like PROFINET, EtherNet, HART-IP as well as the middleware protocol OPC UA. This paper gives an overview on the impact of Ethernet-APL field devices to OT security and proposes how to ensure OT security for them.
The impact of vertical and horizontal integration in the context of Industry 4.0 requires new concepts for the security of industrial Ethernet protocols. The defense in depth concept, basing on the combination of several measures, especially separation and segmentation, needs to be complimented by integrated protection measures for industrial real-time protocols. To cover this challenge, existing protocols need to be equipped with additional functionality to ensure the integrity and availability of the network communication, even in environments, where possible attackers can be present. In order to show a possible way to upgrade an existing protocol, this paper describes a security concept for the industrial Ethernet protocol PROFINET.
Die Vision „Industrial Ethernet bis zu den Sensoren und Aktoren“ wurde Realität. Auf der Achema im Juni 2021 wurde Ethernet-APL in den Markt eingeführt. Basis dieser Technologie ist ein 2-Draht-Ethernet (engl. 2-wire-Ethernet), das sowohl Informationen als auch Energie zu den Sensoren und Aktoren des Automatisierungssystems überträgt. Ethernet-APL basiert auf dem Ethernet-Standard IEEE 802.3cg und arbeitet mit einer Datenrate von 10 Mbit/s. Eine zusätzliche Spezifikation, die Ethernet-APL Port Profile Specification, definiert zusätzliche Parameter für den Einsatz in der Prozessindustrie, insbesondere in explosionsgefährdeten Bereichen. In einem nächsten Schritt müssen sich potenzielle Anwender mit dem Engineering-Prozess von Ethernet-APL-Netzwerken vertraut machen. Zu diesem Zweck stellt das Ethernet-APL-Projekt die Ethernet-APL-Engineering-Richtlinie zur Verfügung, welche die wichtigsten Bereiche der Planung, Installation und Abnahmeprüfung abdeckt. Dieser Artikel soll einen Überblick über den Ethernet-APL-Engineering-Prozess geben und die relevanten Planungsschritte aufzeigen.
Deutsche Übersetzung des englischen Beitrags, abrufbar unter https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-2087
The Ethernet-APL Engineering Process - A brief look at the Ethernet-APL engineering guideline
(2021)
The vision of an “Industrial Ethernet down to the sensors and actors” has become reality. At the Achema fair in June 2021 Ethernet-APL was introduced. This technology is based on a 2-wire Ethernet that conveys information as well as energy to the sensors and actuators of the automation system. Ethernet-APL is based on the 2-wire Ethernet standard IEEE 802.3cg running at 10 Mbit/s. An additional specification, the Ethernet-APL Port Profile Specification, defines additional parameters for the use of the technology in the process industry, especially in areas with potentially explosive atmospheres. As a next step, potential users need to become familiar with the engineering process of Ethernet-APL networks. For this purpose, the Ethernet-APL project provides the Ethernet-APL Engineering Guideline that covers the main areas of planning, installation and acceptance testing.