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CYBERSECURITY IS A KEY
ENABLER OF INDUSTRY 4.0
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The ongoing convergence of systems
connected with Information Technology
and Operational Technology (OT) has given
rise to Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet
of Things (IIoT). Industry 4.0, is transforming
traditional manufacturing and allied industries by
introducing new capabilities through digitisation,
decentralization of decision-making and value
chain integration. Industry 4.0 is joined at the
hip to cyber-physical systems that are enabling
intelligent and connected infrastructures –
including Smart Manufacturing infrastructures –
by enhancing their quality of service provisioning.
Industry 4.0 and the exponential growth in
the quantity of connected devices it enabled
along with the rapidly increasing volume of
cyber security incidents stresses the need for
strengthening cyber resilience and understanding of
complex threats especially among the operators who
are just beginning to utilise IoT solutions. Devices
connected with Industry 4.0 deployments increase the
complexity and vulnerability of industrial control system
(ICS) networks that were previously isolated but are now
exposed to many of the same cyber security attacks that
traditional machines are exposed to.
Recent cyberattacks on Industry 4.0 and Smart
Manufacturing2 are leading to operators paying
more attention to aspects related to the security of
technical solutions and the safety of employees and
other stakeholders who rely on them. This subject is also
significant as the potential impact exerted by new threats
ranges from compromising physical security to production
downtime, spoilage of product, damage to equipment
and the ensuing financial and reputational losses.
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