
Securing software supply chains
With Omnect, Conplement Nuremberg offers a solution for the increasing requirements in the area of software supply chains.
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With Omnect, Conplement Nuremberg offers a solution for the increasing requirements in the area of software supply chains.

Eurotech, an edge AI and IIoT company, and its subsidiary InoNet Computer, a German manufacturer of customized industrial PCs, will be presenting their extensive hardware and software portfolio at SPS.

Due to increasing digitalization and networking, systems and machines must be better protected against cyberattacks. Operators of systems requiring monitoring can use the Technical Rules for Operational Safety (TRBS) as a guide. The TÜV association pointed this out at the presentation of the Plant Safety Report 2024.

A recent analysis by Kaspersky has uncovered new, complicated infection tactics used by malware strains. According to this analysis, the famous Emotet botnet is using new infection paths via OneNote files to attack companies.

Flexible and modular services accelerate the identification of and response to cyber threats as well as recovery processes after an attack.
The recent worldwide outage of Microsoft services illustrates the explosive nature of the dependence of companies and governments on Microsoft - according to Andreas E. Thyen, President of the Board of Directors of LizenzDirekt, in this guest commentary.
When applications were moved to the cloud, the issue of licensing was thought to have been resolved. But not everything is in good hands in the cloud, and now licensing has become even more important when operating containers due to the associated scaling.

Until about ten years ago, cyberattacks that could (almost) ruin companies or even endanger human lives existed only in science fiction. However, as the capabilities and internet connectivity of modern physical production systems have increased to a level we could only dream of in the past, cybercrime has also evolved.

Cyber attacks are now part of everyday life. The size and sector of the company hardly matter any more. However, how the attacks take place and whether they are successful depends on the company's own cyber security measures.

In its current situation report from October 25, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) describes and analyzes the current IT security situation using examples and incidents from practice.