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CYBER SECURITY...

Extending the secure edge

in industrial control systems

Industry 4.0 Is Changing Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security. Erik Halthen
of Analog Devices explains the importantce of cyber security at the physical edge,

where the real world is translated into digital signals and data is born
yber security in industrial control systems has occurred at a record pace that exceeds
(ICS) is poised to delay the adoption of expectations. With these changes, cyber security is
Industry 4.0. Many business leaders find becoming one of the most challenging obstacles to
Cit hard to understand ICS cyber security the adoption of Industry 4.0. ICS cyber security
challenges as there are many factors contributing to standards and guidelines are in place or being
their complexity. Furthermore, the engineers established to secure the factory, but they do not
developing solutions for industrial control systems provide guidance on how to accelerate Industry 4.0
have likely not seen significant cyber security initiatives. It is our mission to enable our customers
requirements at the device level. to more rapidly adopt Industry 4.0 solutions by
Traditional methods for securing industrial extending the secure edge and making it easier to
control systems have relied on limiting access to implement security.
networks and devices, and monitoring network
traffic through information technology (IT) solutions. A changing picture
A product lead working on devices in a factory will There is a reason Industry 4.0 is changing the ICS
find it easy to dismiss cyber security as an IT cyber security problem. The very nature of Industry
problem. However, the traditional methods for 4.0 is to increase access and accessibility of control
securing industrial control systems will no longer be of the devices in the factory. This means increased
sufficient as Industry 4.0 looms on the horizon. access to the data to expand transparency, reduce
The challenges of ICS cyber security will network planning, lower CapEx, reduce OpEx,
ultimately delay the adoption of Industry 4.0 if improve bandwidth, and optimize machine
companies do not have a strategy to address device interworking. Increasing access and accessibility of
security at the edge. In order to adopt and capitalize control means that the cyber security risk
on Industry 4.0, cyber security needs to be a critical assessment of the factory system is changing.
part of the business plan. Analog Devices recognises ICS cyber security solutions need to adapt to
the challenges that Industry 4.0 brings to the address the changing risk, and traditional
market. countermeasures applied to the system, such as
Although the industrial market has traditionally firewalls and placing a device behind a locked door,
been slow to change, the adoption of Industry 4.0 are counterintuitive to the goals of Industry 4.0.

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