Validation of application libraries - Software products - Cyber Security Deployment Guideline - PCM600 Protection and Control IED Manager - 2.13 - IEC - ANSI - 28.06.2023

PCM600 Cyber Security Deployment Guideline

PCM600 includes a functionality for validating application binary files. In other words, PCM600 validates its own application files and the activated connectivity package application files. By default this functionality is not enabled for providing backward compatibility for the old released connectivity packages.

Table 1. Available security levels
Security level Description
Low Application files are not validated by PCM600. Use this option when it is certain that both PCM600 and connectivity packages are loaded from a trusted secure location.
Medium Application files are validated by PCM600. Exceptions can be added to load an activated connectivity package that failed the application file validation.

Use this option when it is certain that the connectivity packages are loaded from a trusted secure location.

High Application files are validated by PCM600. Activated connectivity packages that fail the application file validation are blocked from PCM600.
Note: The recommended security level is “High”.