Common use of Security Disclaimer Clause in Contracts

Security Disclaimer. In order to avoid circumstances or events with the potential to adversely impact Customer’s and/or Customer’s Affiliates’ plants, systems, machines and networks via unauthorized access, destruction, disclosure and/or modification of information, denial of service attacks or comparable scenarios (so-called “Cyberthreats”), it is necessary to implement – and continuously maintain – a holistic, state-of-the-art industrial security concept. While the Industrial Edge Offerings are designed with security functions in mind which support secure industrial operations, Siemens’ products and solutions only form one element of such a concept and it is up to Customer and Customer’s Affiliates to configure these functions. Consequently, Customer and Customer’s Affiliates remain responsible to prevent unauthorized access to its plants, systems, machines and networks and Siemens disclaims all liability for damage resulting from such Cyberthreats to the maximum extent permitted by law. Such systems, machines and components should only be connected to the enterprise network or the internet once a month to receive updates but only when appropriate security measures (e.g., firewalls and/or network segmentation) are in place. Customer and Customer’s Affiliates are advised to take Siemens’ guidance on appropriate security measures into account, which can be found at ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/industrialsecurity. In this respect updates to Industrial Edge Offerings should be applied as soon as available and the newest version of the Industrial Edge Offering should be used, since use of versions that are no longer supported and failure to apply updates may increase exposure to Cyberthreats.