Manufacturing medicines for clinical trials is a complex, lengthy, and costly process. As the global demand for medicine continues to grow, the pressure is on for the pharma industry to produce in ever-quicker cycles.

A defense-in-depth concept allows companies to leverage their existing network infrastructure and investment to build the first line of their network defense. Industrial intrusion prevention systems and security boundary concepts can also further protect OT systems from a wide range of cyberattacks.

Converging networking and security in industrial operations can enhance visibility within the organization, improve threat prevention, detection and response, simplify management, provide scalability and flexibility, and offer a crucial platform for IT-OT collaboration that can be built upon.

Cybersecurity is not a tick-box exercise but a fundamental part of grid modernisation in smart utilities and in smart city development. It needs to be a continuous effort from the beginning and then carefully considered at each stage of the design.

Establishing a complete and effective OT security program is a complex endeavor that differs from typical cybersecurity strategies. Ultimately, the goal is to maximize uptime by enabling operators to take targeted action to reduce and, where possible, minimize security breaches in OT environments.

Nucor factory saves initial and recurring costs, improves products with groov EPIC and Ignition solutions. The challenge was how, at a reasonable cost, to aggregate all process information from equipment and PLCs and then successfully exchange that information with corporate SCADA and ERP systems.

Dynamic certificate management with the OPC UA GDS can be developing using the Device and Update Management system. The OPC UA information model enables new processes to be set up efficiently between a controller and any higher-level, business-oriented software layer.

There is a great need to reduce industrial CO2 emissions. But the path to net zero will also create new opportunities for industrial manufacturing companies to embrace new technologies to accelerate lower carbon manufacturing. Increased industrial activity will also double the number of deployed motors in use by 2040.

Industry 4.0 is changing the way manufacturers operate, but it is also transforming how SCADA systems work, and what businesses should expect from them. Long gone are the days when straightforward data capture is enough. To fulfil Industry 4.0 goals, SCADA systems must be much more advanced.

Digital and virtual twins are quickly becoming the staple within many industries thanks to the number of benefits they bring to each company. Manufacturing and logistics in particular can benefit from the technologies, thanks to vastly reduced lead times and help when it comes to planning efficiently.