This whitepaper will discuss cybersecurity best practice Industry 4.0 to securely realize its benefits within their operations and laying the cybersecurity foundations to capitalize on further technological advances.
Industry 4.0 is now in full swing and is helping organizations across all industry sectors to improve the ways they operate and unlock new business benefits. Industry 4.0 has expanded on the computerized automation developed in Industry 3.0, which started in the late sixties, by incorporating several new technologies.
As Industry 4.0 has become more commonplace, new cybersecurity challenges have been introduced into areas where they did not have to be considered previously. The boundaries between IT and OT have blurred and previously air-gapped infrastructure has given way to new, interconnected working models. This has exposed these once isolated systems to the prolific and ever-evolving range of threats to be found in our digital world.
For CNI organizations looking to realize the business benefits of Industry 4.0, then, it is essential that cybersecurity is treated as a vital component of any initiative. However, given that implementing new cybersecurity standards and practices has historically been a challenge for many of these organizations, this can represent a complex undertaking.
This whitepaper will discuss cybersecurity best practice Industry 4.0 to securely realize its benefits within their operations and laying the cybersecurity foundations to capitalize on further technological advances.