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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2017
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Hans Aschauer, Munich, DE;
Rainer Falk, Poing, DE;
Kai Fischer, Baldham, DE;
Steffen Fries, Baldham, DE;
Markus Heintel, Munich, DE;
Anton Sebastian Huber, Nuremberg, DE;
Wolfgang Klasen, Ottobrunn, DE;
Joachim Koppers, Forchheim, DE;
Axel Pfau, Munich, DE;
Georg Trummer, Amberg, DE;
Johannes Zwanzger, Neubiberg, DE;
Franz Sperl, Oberviechtach, DE;
Bernhard Quendt, Feucht, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A modular security control device for controlling an apparatus or an installation includes a basic control apparatus which is configured such that an apparatus or an installation which is at least connectable to the basic control apparatus is at least controllable via a sequence of a control program in the basic control apparatus, and includes a security module which is configured to provide or perform a cryptographic functionality for the basic control apparatus, where the security module is connected to the basic control apparatus by a data connection via a data interface, the basic control apparatus is configured to interact with the security module to achieve a security function of the security control device, and where the basic control apparatus is configured to query an identity and/or authenticity of the security module.