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Industrial Security: Detecting and closing IT security gaps in industrial plants

More than most companies realize, hackers are setting their sights on industrial plants. This article explains why information and telecommunications security is on the industrial agenda. It tells where to look for the risks and hazards facing IT systems, and it explains the benefits of cloud technology.

1 Introduction

The economy is heading for Industry 4.0, where machines, people and information are interconnected via IT systems. In the factory of the future, all components are networked in a cyber-physical system. In other words, workpieces carrying chips for identification automatically wind their way through production, all the while communicating independently with the production machines. All available resources (i.e., production facilities, operating media, etc.) can be centrally managed: complete production landscapes are controlled in real time via the cloud. Not only is the data...

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