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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2019
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Benjamin Lutz, Pfinztal, DE;
Anna Palmin, Karlsruhe, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for project-oriented authentication of a device in a control system for a technical installation as part of an engineering project, wherein the control system includes at least one local registration service, at least one software inventory and a certification center, where information by the at least one local registration service with respect to what communication protocols and/or applications are supported by the device and/or are active is ascertained during authentication of the device within the control system, a project-oriented device certificate is requested from the first hierarchy of the certification center by the local registration service, and the project-oriented device certificate is deposited in an inventory element, associated with the engineering project, of the software inventory of the control system, the device certificates being issuable by the first hierarchy of the certification center have a unique project identifier.