
IT security on machine tools is not rocket science
Around every second company was the victim of a cyberattack last year. This is according to the DsiN practice report Mittelstand 2020 under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Economics.
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Around every second company was the victim of a cyberattack last year. This is according to the DsiN practice report Mittelstand 2020 under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Economics.

In the Xandar project coordinated at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), partners from science and industry are developing a complete tool chain for software development and hardware-software integration for complex applications.

Trend Micro combats overloads caused by a lack of resources and a high number of security alerts with an extensible platform that combines visibility and response in a centralized console.

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of industry. At the same time, it has exposed the vulnerability of global supply chains.
Cybercrime is now omnipresent. What can companies and IT managers do to ensure that these attacks remain unsuccessful?

Hackers are jeopardizing the storage and logistics of coronavirus vaccine doses, attacking pharmaceutical companies and most recently hacking the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Whether vaccines or industrial products, this is how companies protect their know-how. By Daniel Heck
Security Development Lifecycle
In order to develop a product with few vulnerabilities, a process for a secure lifecycle (security development lifecycle) should be used. The IEC 62443-4-1 standard describes such a process for automation systems. The process is made up of eight elements.
The underestimated danger of cyberattacks
In companies themselves, but also in the supply chain, there are many little-noticed points of attack for cyberattacks. Industrial companies still have a lot of catching up to do - and this doesn't just apply to small and medium-sized enterprises.

ABB and IBM are pooling their expertise in cybersecurity. In future, ABB process control systems will be able to connect to the IBM security platform. This will make it easier to detect digital threats.
A wide variety of hardware components and software versions, different transmission paths and operating systems as well as their spatially distributed nature make IoT setups complex and heterogeneous. Those who can keep track of everything are lucky.