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This article explains how Azure Security Center for IoT uses device twins and modules.

Device twins

For IoT solutions built in Azure, device twins play a key role in both device management and process automation.

Azure Security Center for IoT offers full integration with your existing IoT device management platform, enabling you to manage your device security status as well as make use of existing device control capabilities. Integration is achieved by making use of the IoT Hub twin mechanism.

Learn more about the concept of device twins in Azure IoT Hub.

Security module twins

Azure Security Center for IoT maintains a security module twin for each device in the service. The security module twin holds all the information relevant to device security for each specific device in your solution. Device security properties are maintained in a dedicated security module twin for safer communication and for enabling updates and maintenance that requires fewer resources.

See Create security module twin and Configure security agents to learn how to create, customize, and configure the twin. See Understanding module twins to learn more about the concept of module twins in IoT Hub.

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