- The SOFTNET Security Client is a component of the industrial security concept for protecting automation devices and for security during data exchange between automation systems.
- It is a VPN Client for programming devices, PCs and notebooks in industrial environments and it supports secure client access via LAN or even WAN (e.g. for remote maintenance via the Internet) to automation systems protected by devices with SCALANCE S functionality
- Data transmission is protected against operator error, eavesdropping/espionage
and manipulation; communication can only take place between authenticated and authorized devices - Use of field-proven IPsec mechanisms for setting up and operating VPNs.
Secure access to automation cells protected by devices with SCALANCE S functionality with the SOFTNET Security Client