CIP Bridging Control

CIP™

Bridging Control enables you to control the traffic flow between physical communication interfaces and backplanes.

Devices within an Industrial Control System (ICS) may involve multiple network interfaces. The use of Common Industrial Protocol (

CIP™

) on the backplanes and communication ports of Rockwell Automation devices can facilitate physical network segmentation. For

EtherNet/IP™

interfaces, you can provide data bridging between two separate physical Ethernet networks by using

CIP™

.

The

CIP Security™

communication modules and embedded

EtherNet/IP™

interfaces can analyze and then allow or deny network traffic according to device-specific policies. You can use

CIP™

Bridging to help prevent unintended data flows from occurring, especially data flows originating from unsecured parts of the system to secure parts of the system.

For more information, see the CIP Security with Rockwell Automation Products Application Technique, publication SECURE-AT001.