To ensure that your ABB control system is performing optimal and is protected against malware infections and cyber-attacks, ABB recommends to regularly update your:

1. Applications
   This will help to keep the application at the latest features and functions, and will keep your system in crisp condition
2. Malware protection solution
   This will help against malware infections which will disrupt your operations
3. Security updates to your operating systems and applications
   This will ensure known vulnerabilities are closed and limits the attack surface of your system

For malware protection, the following solutions are currently supported through System Update Service:

• Trellix Endpoint Security (ENS)
• Symantec Endpoint Protection
• Microsoft Defender

For all solutions, the malware definition files are verified by ABB for relevance and system compatibility with ABB control system software.

Please consult the documentation for your control system version to verify which of the malware protection solution is applicable to your system.

Security updates are provided for a variety of systems and applications, including but not limited to Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader.

Please consult the documentation for your control system version to verify which of the security updates would be applicable to your system.

System Update Service (SUS) ensures that any update is distributed to our customer sites in a secure, automated and controlled manner, using a secure source server (Upstream Server) located at ABB.

This service is exclusively offered for selected ABB control systems covered with a valid Automation Software Maintenance agreement and is available for the System 800xA, Symphony Plus, Freelance and P14 control system product families at selected software versions.

Features

• Frequent automatic synchronization of servers on customers site with the qualified ABB server for local deployment via a secure connection instead of internet connection to 3rd party servers

• Scheduled process can be fully automated without manual interaction

Benefits

• Receive qualified and approved updates on a daily basis after validation by ABB

• Highly secure and automated process of receiving qualified and approved patches and updates to your site

• User efforts in evaluation, installing and testing of patches and updates minimized

• Increased productivity with an automated process instead of time-consuming manual work

• Applications, antimalware solutions and operating system software always updated according to ABB’s recommendation

• Enhanced security against cyber-attacks and cyber threats and increased protection of intellectual property