Cyber Security for Ethernet

The vendor has been monitoring the developments of the various industry specific security standards, including NERC CIP, ISA-99, AGA 12, IEC62443, ISO 17799:2005 and PCSRF SPP-ICS to ensure all of its network products contain features necessary to comply with the identified requirements. New cyber security features in ROS Version 3.0 include 802.1x port-based network access control, SSH/SSL encryption, RADIUS password management and SNMPv3 authentication and access security. These complement existing features such as multi-level passwords, MAC based port security and VLANs. In addition to the new cyber security features, ROS Version 3.0 includes new Ethernet switch features including 802.3ad link aggregation for improved network bandwidth, Modbus TCP management for retrieval of switch data using Modbus protocol, DHCP Option 82 for IP address assignment based on the location of the end device and GVRP for simplified VLAN setup.