
Five measures for OT security
For a long time, proprietary systems were considered safe from cyberattacks. With increasing networking, OT and IT environments are growing closer together and production is becoming the focus of hackers. Time to act.
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For a long time, proprietary systems were considered safe from cyberattacks. With increasing networking, OT and IT environments are growing closer together and production is becoming the focus of hackers. Time to act.

Creating an internationally open data space for industry - this was the goal of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and 40 companies when they launched the project in February 2015. The Industrial Data Space Association has now provided an update.

The future has begun - industry is mastering new challenges every day. Cyber-physical systems - connections between IT and software components - are being developed to produce goods and merchandise by means of the overarching networking of all processes.

Rockwell Automation has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Israeli cybersecurity provider Avnet Data Security, LTD. The planned investment expands Rockwell's global IT/OT cybersecurity services offering.

Companies react too slowly to attacks on their IT infrastructure. In addition, German companies make it comparatively easy for hackers. Why? A recent study by CrowdStrike shows.

Despite the difficult economic situation, this year's SPS once again proved to be the leading trade fair for smart and digital automation. Almost 64,000 visitors came to Nuremberg.

Red Lion Controls / MB Connect Line
Red Lion Controls and MB Connect Line have entered into a strategic collaboration to provide remote-enabled and secure connectivity solutions that utilize Red Lion's ruggedized versions of automation devices.

Thorsten Freitag is the new CEO of Claroty, a specialist in protecting industrial control systems and networks against cyber threats.

CodeMeter 6.80 from Wibu-Systems supports Universal Write Filter (UWF), a Windows option from Microsoft that prevents accidental changes to files, which is particularly important for embedded systems.

The Microwall Gigabit from Wiesemann & Theis is the first in a series of easy-to-use security products for industry and manufacturing.