diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/Adapters/RealOpcUaClient.cs b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/Adapters/RealOpcUaClient.cs
index 5202031..d3d2f08 100644
--- a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/Adapters/RealOpcUaClient.cs
+++ b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/Adapters/RealOpcUaClient.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ public class RealOpcUaClient : IOpcUaClient
     private readonly Dictionary<string, Action<string, object?, DateTime, uint>> _callbacks = new();
     private volatile bool _connectionLostFired;
     private OpcUaConnectionOptions _options = new();
+    private readonly OpcUaGlobalOptions _globalOptions;
+
+    public RealOpcUaClient(OpcUaGlobalOptions? globalOptions = null)
+    {
+        _globalOptions = globalOptions ?? new OpcUaGlobalOptions();
+    }
 
     public bool IsConnected => _session?.Connected ?? false;
     public event Action? ConnectionLost;
@@ -34,15 +40,17 @@ public class RealOpcUaClient : IOpcUaClient
 
         var appConfig = new ApplicationConfiguration
         {
-            ApplicationName = "ScadaLink-DCL",
+            ApplicationName = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(_globalOptions.ApplicationName)
+                ? "ScadaLink-DCL"
+                : _globalOptions.ApplicationName,
             ApplicationType = ApplicationType.Client,
             SecurityConfiguration = new SecurityConfiguration
             {
                 AutoAcceptUntrustedCertificates = opts.AutoAcceptUntrustedCerts,
                 ApplicationCertificate = new CertificateIdentifier(),
-                TrustedIssuerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList { StorePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ScadaLink", "pki", "issuers") },
-                TrustedPeerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList { StorePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ScadaLink", "pki", "trusted") },
-                RejectedCertificateStore = new CertificateTrustList { StorePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ScadaLink", "pki", "rejected") }
+                TrustedIssuerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList { StorePath = ResolveStorePath(_globalOptions.TrustedIssuerStorePath, "issuers") },
+                TrustedPeerCertificates = new CertificateTrustList { StorePath = ResolveStorePath(_globalOptions.TrustedPeerStorePath, "trusted") },
+                RejectedCertificateStore = new CertificateTrustList { StorePath = ResolveStorePath(_globalOptions.RejectedCertificateStorePath, "rejected") }
             },
             ClientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration { DefaultSessionTimeout = opts.SessionTimeoutMs },
             TransportQuotas = new TransportQuotas { OperationTimeout = opts.OperationTimeoutMs }
@@ -270,6 +278,11 @@ public class RealOpcUaClient : IOpcUaClient
             "BOTH" => TimestampsToReturn.Both,
             _ => TimestampsToReturn.Source
         };
+
+    private static string ResolveStorePath(string configured, string fallbackLeaf) =>
+        string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(configured)
+            ? Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ScadaLink", "pki", fallbackLeaf)
+            : configured;
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -277,5 +290,13 @@ public class RealOpcUaClient : IOpcUaClient
 /// </summary>
 public class RealOpcUaClientFactory : IOpcUaClientFactory
 {
-    public IOpcUaClient Create() => new RealOpcUaClient();
+    private readonly OpcUaGlobalOptions _globalOptions;
+
+    public RealOpcUaClientFactory() : this(new OpcUaGlobalOptions()) { }
+    public RealOpcUaClientFactory(OpcUaGlobalOptions globalOptions)
+    {
+        _globalOptions = globalOptions;
+    }
+
+    public IOpcUaClient Create() => new RealOpcUaClient(_globalOptions);
 }
diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/DataConnectionFactory.cs b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/DataConnectionFactory.cs
index d721453..82a6ef2 100644
--- a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/DataConnectionFactory.cs
+++ b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/DataConnectionFactory.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using ScadaLink.Commons.Interfaces.Protocol;
 using ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer.Adapters;
 
@@ -14,12 +15,17 @@ public class DataConnectionFactory : IDataConnectionFactory
     private readonly ILoggerFactory _loggerFactory;
 
     public DataConnectionFactory(ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
+        : this(loggerFactory, Options.Create(new OpcUaGlobalOptions())) { }
+
+    public DataConnectionFactory(ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, IOptions<OpcUaGlobalOptions> opcUaGlobalOptions)
     {
         _loggerFactory = loggerFactory;
+        var globalOptions = opcUaGlobalOptions.Value;
 
         // Register built-in protocols
         RegisterAdapter("OpcUa", details => new OpcUaDataConnection(
-            new RealOpcUaClientFactory(), _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<OpcUaDataConnection>()));
+            new RealOpcUaClientFactory(globalOptions),
+            _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<OpcUaDataConnection>()));
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/OpcUaGlobalOptions.cs b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/OpcUaGlobalOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71376bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/OpcUaGlobalOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+namespace ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Deployment-wide OPC UA application identity. Bound from the "OpcUa" section
+/// of appsettings.json. Per-endpoint behavior lives on OpcUaEndpointConfig.
+/// Empty paths fall back to a default under Path.GetTempPath() so dev runs
+/// work without explicit configuration.
+/// </summary>
+public class OpcUaGlobalOptions
+{
+    public string ApplicationName { get; set; } = "ScadaLink-DCL";
+    public string TrustedIssuerStorePath { get; set; } = "";
+    public string TrustedPeerStorePath { get; set; } = "";
+    public string RejectedCertificateStorePath { get; set; } = "";
+}
diff --git a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index 28fd163..82cde4b 100644
--- a/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/ScadaLink.DataConnectionLayer/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
         services.AddOptions<DataConnectionOptions>()
             .BindConfiguration("DataConnectionLayer");
 
+        services.AddOptions<OpcUaGlobalOptions>()
+            .BindConfiguration("OpcUa");
+
         // WP-34: Register the factory for protocol extensibility
         services.AddSingleton<IDataConnectionFactory, DataConnectionFactory>();