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Maintaining the control over production and the processes in the application has the highest priority in automation. Even measures to prevent security threats must not affect this.

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Go beyond the norm in cybersecurity.
- Security Features
  Maintaining the control over production and the processes in the application has the highest priority in automation. Even measures to prevent security threats must not affect this.
  - Authorization Concept
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    The WinCC OA login framework provides a framework that is easy to extend. The WinCC OA login panels can be easily replaced by user-specific panels without having to re-implement the functionality.
  - Server Side Authentication
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  - Authentication via Kerberos, basics
    In a more and more networking world, a WinCC OA system could be exposed to different types of attacks. An unauthorized WinCC OA system could connect to the distribution manager or hackers could try to manipulate WinCC OA messages.
- Multiplexing Proxy
  The WinCC OA Multiplexing Proxy Manager is used to increase the security of your WinCC OA projects.
- Continuous Monitoring
  The Continuous Monitoring feature of WinCC OA provides an interface for external tools to read and validate log and error messages of Security Events that were generated by the WinCC OA.
- Security Events in WinCC OA
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Security Features

Maintaining the control over production and the processes in the application has the highest priority in automation. Even measures to prevent security threats must not affect this.

Security is an important issue in the automation technology when controlling highly sensitive systems and it is of utmost importance that the users of the system have only access to the specified area of operation.

To meet these requirements, WinCC OA provides several security features.

The security section of the help contains the security relevant chapters of WinCC OA. The chapters are categorized according to the feature.

The data point node _System.DpConfigs. exists by default for security by default projects. This node must not be deleted for a security project. If the node is deleted, the security of the project is not guaranteed.

You can find security relevant documents such as the WinCC OA Security Guideline and Security Concept on the WinCC OA website.