The Smart Motor Sensor (SMS) is a flexible, out-of-the-box, end-to-end secure wireless predictive maintenance (PdM) solution that combines software, hardware, and domain expertise in electric motors to create a secure scalable offering for the predictive maintenance of electric motors.

By providing a platform for IT-OT convergence, Time-Sensitive Networking can help create simpler, leaner and more cost-effective networks that streamline troubleshooting. It supports data-driven, decision making with its ability to facilitate the merger of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).

Lika equipped its high-performance, compact EXM58 fully magnetic encoder and EXO58 optical sensing devices with the CLPA’s software stack to ensure compatibility with CC-Link IE Field Basic. End users can now easily leverage the EXM58 and EXO58 devices within a CC-Link IE Field Basic network architecture.

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.

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.