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In the last five years, German companies have suffered losses totaling 65.2 billion euros as a result of cyber attacks. The manufacturing industry has been particularly hard hit. This is the conclusion of a study by the Center for Economics and Business Research.
read more...Networked production brings many advantages. However, it also increases the likelihood of employees or third parties misusing this infrastructure through operating errors or espionage. The Phoenix Contact webinar provides guidance on how to protect against threats.
read more...Companies consider external hacker attacks to be the greatest security risk. However, their own employees in particular can use their extensive access rights to misuse data. The IT security company Brainloop provides tips against data loss by internal perpetrators.
read more...The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has carried out a security analysis to assess the quality of OPC UA's security mechanisms.
read more...On July 6 and 7, Munich will be all about safety. As part of the 'Safety & Security Forum', experts will be discussing current issues and solutions relating to machine and plant safety over the two days of the congress.
read more...Deutsche Telekom is establishing its own security division and bundling all corresponding activities there. One of the first activities of this division is the cloud solution 'Internet Protect Pro', which is offered in cooperation with the US manufacturer Zscaler.
read more...Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things
Siemens has opened 'Cyber Security Operation Centers' (CSOC) in Lisbon, Munich and Milford (Ohio/USA) for services to protect industrial plants.
read more...The necessary digitalization in German industry is currently anything but running smoothly. A recent study by the VDI (Association of German Engineers) shows where things are stuck. Computer&AUTOMATION has compiled the most important sticking points in a series of images.
read more...Kontron announced two new partnerships at embedded world: one with Wibu-Systems to provide robust security for IoT applications and the other with SQLstream for cloud-based real-time analytics.
read more...Automotive Ethernet Congress 2016
The success of Ethernet in cars is raising expectations: Transmission speeds of up to 10 GB/s or its use in aircraft are now being discussed. Interest at the second Automotive Ethernet Congress was correspondingly high.
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