By putting together and adopting the IEC 62443 standard, industrial automated control system stakeholders have paved the road for dependable and safe infrastructures. Secure authenticators are the bedrock of the future of IEC 62443 standard-compliant components requiring robust hardware-based security.

IoT devices can offer flexibility and convenience. However, in order to get the most benefit out of these solutions, they need to be adequately protected. By following effective strategies, organizations can ensure IoT devices don’t become a source of a network breach and remain an asset that helps improve business…

This article explores important use cases for automatic pull policy as a new approach to delivering CIP Security configuration, discussed requirements, and evaluated some technology options. The ability to pull all of the CIP Security configuration is important for enabling use cases which will be important in the future.

The fundamentals of industrial cybersecurity are based on key principles including confidentiality, integrity and availability. Cybersecurity often seems like an invincible Hydra but, with practical guidelines, users can setup systems and create strategies that significantly strengthen the security of company networks.

Advanced technology is driving the latest solutions for IT-OT convergence. In this special report, industry leaders speak out about the impact of artificial intelligence, the move to software-based solutions, virtual controllers and the ongoing push for more efficient, interconnected and agile operations.

Cybersecurity has become one of the primary challenges for IT/OT convergence. But the ongoing effort to integrate information technology with factory automation systems faces a wide range of challenges including connectivity, data collection, cloud integration, applications and updating issues.

Industrial cybersecurity has become “Job One” for manufacturers to enable secure use of modern IT technologies in industrial networks, and seamless communications between IT, OT and cloud resources that require highly granular security policies based on identity and context for people, devices, and applications.

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.