Security Services in a Software Defined Control System
AssigneeFisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Amaro, JR., Mark J. Nixon
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Abstract
A software defined (SD) process control system (SDCS) includes a control container having contents which are executable during run-time of the process plant to control at least a portion of an industrial process. The SDCS also includes a security service associated with the control container and including contents which define one or more security conditions. The security service executes via a container on a compute node of the SDCS to control access to and/or data flow from the control container based on the contents of the security container.
Claims21
A method of securing a process control system of a process plant, the method comprising:
- associating a security container with a control container of the process control system, the security container having contents which define one or more security conditions, and the control container including contents which are executable during run-time of the process plant to control at least a portion of an industrial process;
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- controlling access to and/or data flow from the control container based on the contents of the security container.
A software defined process control system (SDCS) to control an industrial process in a process plant, the SDCS comprising:
- a control container of the SDCS including contents which are executable during run-time of the process plant to control at least a portion of an industrial process;
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- a security service associated with the control container and including contents which define one or more security conditions;
- wherein the security service executes via a container on a compute node of the SDCS to:
- control access to and/or data flow from the control container based on the contents of the security container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.