Safety & Security Forum 2018
Of 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.
What does a unicorn have to do with an IT attack? Jens Wiesner from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) provided answers to this question in the first keynote speech at the 'Forum Safety & Security': "Even if no one has ever seen a unicorn: Assume for a moment that such a thing exists," Wiesner emphasized the connection to IT attacks. If users encounter them in their systems, it is important to have hunters who can find and track down this unicorn. He appeals: "Be prepared!" because the unicorns are not always friendly.
Using the example of the cyber attack 'Triton', which became known at the end of 2017, he made it clear that such unicorns appear from time to time and created a link to the safety topic: the incident was a targeted attack on a safety system with the aim of destruction. What is remarkable about the case is that the attackers were in the system for over a year, but were not identified as a threat.
In the second keynote speech, Holger Laible, Digital Factory Division at Siemens, discussed the differences between safety and security - such as the completely different timeframes: "With information security, we have to do a lot reactively. You have to observe a lot in the plant during operation. With safety, on the other hand, you do everything at the beginning." There are also very different laws, regulations and standards. These two areas are to be brought together in IEC TR 63069, which is due to be published later this year.
After the two keynotes, the participants were divided into four slots: 'Industry', 'Methods & Tools', 'Automotive' and 'Medical Electronics'. During the breaks, visitors had the opportunity to find out more about the products and solutions of the 17 exhibitors at their stands.
On the day before the two-day congress, functional safety specialist Dr. Olaf Winne introduced newcomers and career changers to the basics of the topic in his one-day seminar.
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