Safety & Security Forum 2018Of safety, security and unicorns
Almost 300 participants, speakers and exhibitors attended the 'Forum Safety & Security 2018', which took place for the first time in Sindelfingen on September 12 and 13. The keynote speeches highlighted the connections, but also the differences between safety and security.
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In companies, the necessary availability and reliability of the safety side often clashes with the desire for confidentiality and authentication on the security side. Max Perner from Infoteam Software explained that it is necessary to provide security functionalities on functionally secure fieldbuses. In his presentation, he compared various cryptographic methods to achieve defined security objectives.