Protective shield against drones
Espionage, smuggling and vandalism - many companies fear drones. Deutsche Telekom now offers a defense system with the 'Magenta Drone Shield'.
Espionage, smuggling and vandalism - many companies fear drones. Deutsche Telekom now offers a defense system with the 'Magenta Drone Shield'.

93% of medium-sized and large German companies have already been exposed to IT attacks designed to spy on or damage them. Deutsche Telekom has come to this conclusion and wants to counteract this with eight security solutions.
The IO-Link community has published the IO-Link safety specification for international review on its website (www.io-link.com).
For the first time this year, Pilz gave all visitors to the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in Nuremberg a glimpse of the innovations of the coming years - we also took a look around!
3S-Smart Software Solutions has announced an extension of its Codesys Safety solution for the distribution of safety functions on various controllers.

At SPS IPC Drives 2016, the VDMA will be focusing on the topic of 'Building knowledge for industrial security'. As the speaker responsible for security, Steffen Zimmermann will explain the industry association's activities in this area.

PC users are probably familiar with the name Kaspersky. The IT security expert has now made its first appearance at SPS IPC Drives and, together with the company BE.services, presented a new security solution for Codesys controllers.

From drive-based safety technology, Lenze is now also expanding its focus in the area of safety to machines with central control technology. Michael Niehaus, Technology Manager Functional Safety at Lenze, explains what this means in concrete terms.

Moxa's Turbo Pack 3 firmware complies with the IEC 62443-4-2 Level 2 cybersecurity standard and also offers special security management functions.

Hima presents complete solutions comprising hardware, software and services. The safety applications include all the necessary components and services for the control, regulation and monitoring of turbomachinery and ...

Fortress Interlocks is expanding its range of 'amGardPro' solenoid interlocks with the Slimline range of security interlocks and operating elements, which are now available in a narrow 40 mm wide version.

The FIO Safety I/O 4DI/2DO safety Ethercat terminal from Kuhnke is a digital input/output terminal with four safe input channels and two safe output channels.

Schneider Electric presents extended servo amplifiers and integrated drives from the 'Lexium 62' series for safety-related automation based on 'PacDrive 3'.

The new SLB 240/440/450 series safety light barriers have an integrated evaluation unit and are equipped with safe semiconductor outputs (2 × PNP).

With 'Internet Protect Pro', Deutsche Telekom has launched a cloud-based security offering. For the user, this means No on-site hardware installation and immediate implementation of updates across the entire network.

How much do companies spend on IT security and how does this investment compare to the loss caused by cybersecurity incidents? Kaspersky has analyzed these questions and identifies a variable that is decisive for the amount of the loss.

Psenmlock extends the family of safe safety gate systems from Pilz. According to the manufacturer, the system offers safe safety gate monitoring and safe guard locking for personnel and process protection up to safety category PL e in a single device.

With a combined solution consisting of the modular Cube67 fieldbus system and the safe MVK Metal Safety fieldbus module, the number of safe outputs directly on the machine can be significantly increased in a simple way.

Majority stake in Intel Security sold
After the planned integration of security functions into hardware never really got off the ground, Intel is parting with its majority stake in the security specialist McAfee after six years.

How badly is the German economy affected by cyberattacks using ransomware? What makes companies vulnerable and how do they react to ransomware attacks? The Alliance for Cyber Security examined this in a public survey.