Securing Critical Infrastructure Highlighted as New Partners Join Charter of Trust during U.S. Infrastructure Week

• Leaders from Cisco, Dell Technologies, Total and T├£V S├£D AG Sign
  Charter of Trust
• 6th Annual National Infrastructure Week
  Kicks-Off with Advocacy and Events
• Cybersecurity Community Gathers for Thought Leadership on the
  ÔÇ£Future of Cybersecurity – Risk and Resiliency Across Critical
  InfrastructureÔÇØ

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Charter of Trust members include a ÔÇ£whoÔÇÖs whoÔÇØ of global brands, all
well-known as best in-class ÔÇô the largest, the most admired, the most
sustainable, the best places to work, the most recognized, and now, all
are being lauded as companies dedicated to using digitalization as a
path for securing the future. Siemens, and the 11 Charter of Trust
members, today welcomed Cisco, Dell Technologies, Total and TÜV SÜD AG
to its global cybersecurity initiative during National Infrastructure
Week in Washington, D.C.

Siemens President and CEO, Joe Kaeser, was joined at a signing ceremony
by Michael Timmeny, SVP & Chief Government Strategy Officer of Cisco;
Michael Dell, Chairman & CEO, Dell Technologies; Patrick Pouyann├®,
Chairman & CEO, Total, and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken, Chairman of the
Board of Management of TÜV SÜD AG.

With the theme ÔÇ£Building our future, building our infrastructure,ÔÇØ the 6th
annual National Infrastructure Week is a week of events and advocacy to
elevate infrastructure as a critical issue impacting AmericaÔÇÖs economy,
society, security and future.

ÔÇ£The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and itÔÇÖs not just about
technology,ÔÇØ says Kaeser. ÔÇ£A digital transformation is taking place
across industry and society, where physical and virtual worlds are
integrated through new technologies like the digital twin, data
analytics, 3D printing and artificial intelligence. Today, data is more
relevant than ever, but the challenge arises as to securing this data,
and the infrastructure that creates it. The Charter of Trust global
cybersecurity initiative is designed to prevent harm to people,
businesses, infrastructure and assets by establishing a reliable basis
upon which the Fourth Industrial Revolution can be built on,ÔÇØ Kaeser
added.

The Charter of Trust represents an unprecedented cybersecurity
initiative based on ten principles. The Charter of Trust was announced
at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in February, and signed by a
group of founding companies, including Airbus, Allianz, Daimler Group,
IBM, MSC, NXP, SGS and Deutsche Telekom. During CERAWeek in March, The
AES Corporation, Enel and Atos joined the group. The new Charter of
Trust members include Cisco, a worldwide technology leader based in San
Jose, CA; Dell Technologies (Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks,
Virtustream and VMware), which provides essential infrastructure from
the edge to the core to the cloud; Total, a French multinational
integrated oil and gas company and one of the seven ÔÇ£supermajorÔÇØ oil
companies in the world, and Munich-based TÜV SÜD AG, a leader in
testing, inspection and certification services.

ÔÇ£Trust is essential, and for nearly a decade the Cisco Security and
Trust Office has operationalized many similar principles as those found
in the Charter of Trust,ÔÇØ says John N. Stewart, SVP and Chief Security
and Trust Officer, Cisco. ÔÇ£Our company applies strong protections for
our customers, employees and stakeholders by embedding security into our
solutions, operations and across our value chain, developing and
following open global standards, and continuously striving to earn and
maintain our customersÔÇÖ trust every day. In joining the Charter of
Trust, we feel that working together with industry peers will accelerate
these goals and make the world a better place.ÔÇØ

Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies added: ÔÇ£By joining the
Charter of Trust and partnering with other leading technology providers,
we can help realize the promise of technology innovation to drive human
progress while protecting people and securing their data in this
digitally connected world.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£Cyber security is a paramount topic for companies, as cyber-attacks are
steadily increasing,ÔÇØ says Patrick Pouyann├®, Chairman and CEO, Total.
ÔÇ£The consequences of a successful cyber-attack can be extremely harmful:
it can impact the safety of our staff and facilities, degrade our
finances, reveal the private data of our customers or even damage our
reputation. By the nature of its industrial activities and the issues at
stake, a company like Total is more than willing to sign The Charter of
Trust, whose principles make it an unprecedented cybersecurity
initiative.ÔÇØ

ÔÇ£All evolving business ecosystems come along with more digital
interaction, deeper value chain integration and ever more
interdependencies between participants,ÔÇØ says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel
Stepken, Chairman of the Board of Management, T├£V S├£D AG. ÔÇ£Cyber
security will be crucial to making business reliable, sustainable and
secure. We are pleased to be a member of the Charter of Trust and
contribute to this initiative by protecting critical systems and large
volumes of sensitive data for our customersÔÇÖ business continuity,
building trust in the digital world of today and tomorrow.ÔÇØ

The Charter of Trust members are taking the next steps to define the
organizationÔÇÖs structure and take action upon its ten principles,
including topics such as ownership of cybersecurity, supply chains,
security by default, user-centricity, co-creation, workforce training,
certification for critical infrastructure, transparency and response,
regulatory framework and joint initiatives.

As a highlight to National Infrastructure Week, cybersecurity experts
from industry, government, academia and research gathered together today
for a thought leadership event hosted by Bloomberg titled ÔÇ£The
Future of Cybersecurity: Risk and Resiliency Across Critical
Infrastructure.ÔÇØ Leaders discussed how technology, workforce
education and investment are needed to secure tomorrowÔÇÖs future.

The Charter of Trust and further information are available under: www.siemens.com/press/charter-of-trust

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Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse
that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality,
reliability and internationality for 170 years. The company is active
around the globe, focusing on the areas of electrification, automation
and digitalization. One of the world's largest producers of
energy-efficient, resource-saving technologies, Siemens is a leading
supplier of efficient power generation and power transmission solutions
and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive
and software solutions for industry. The company is also a leading
provider of medical imaging equipment ÔÇô such as computed tomography and
magnetic resonance imaging systems ÔÇô and a leader in laboratory
diagnostics as well as clinical IT. In fiscal 2017, which ended on
September 30, 2017, Siemens generated revenue of Ôé¼83.0 billion and net
income of Ôé¼6.2 billion. At the end of September 2017, the company had
around 377,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on
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