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title: SNAP PAC REST API - OT Tech Note
description: This technical note explains how data from physical machines and devices can be securely communicated to computer networks, without disturbing control networks.
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## SNAP PAC REST API and the Internet of Things

### For OT Professionals

You're an automation professional—also called an operations technology (OT) pro. You've heard about the Internet of Things and you may be wondering how it actually works.

You know controls, but that last step into cloud technologies is the problem. How do we keep critical control networks safe and still provide useful data where and when it's needed?

![Diagram: how the Opto 22 SNAP PAC REST API works](https://info.opto22.com/hs-fs/hubfs/bigpicture.png?width=300&name=bigpicture.png "Diagram: how the Opto 22 SNAP PAC REST API works")Read the free **SNAP PAC REST API and the IoT technical note** and learn: 

- The kinds of data OT professionals may be asked to provide and why
- Concepts important to any IoT strategy, like encryption and authentication 
- How you can achieve the IoT results you need now, without requiring a complex chain of conversion hardware and software

 

 

 

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