US Patent Issued to VEGA Grieshaber on Dec. 9 for "Field device having a security module, retrofitting module for a field device, method for setting an IT security level and a computer program code" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,284, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).

"Field device having a security module, retrofitting module for a field device, method for setting an IT security level and a computer program code" was invented by Roland Welle (Wolfach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process automation field device having field device electronics with at least one communication interface and a security module with a plurality of functional units for implementing a plurality of predetermined IT security levels of different severity, the security module having a selection element for selecting an IT security level,...