Katherine Bonfante is senior digital editor for Control and Control Design. You can email her at [email protected].With all the latest security breaches and hackers breaking down firewalls to steal information as if hacking was an accepted and recognized global sport, industry leaders are rethinking the safety of their industrial networks.
There's nothing fun about an unscheduled plant shutdown thanks to someone remotely taking control of your plant. This is why industry leaders are now heavily investing in robust security systems.
Manufacturers are not the only ones taking cybersecurity issues seriously, the government is too.
Here at ControlDesign.com, we've gathered a few articles that talk about how and why you should secure industrial networks.
Don't worry about an isolated cybersecurity attack on your network. Worry about keeping your network safe from the cloud of threats that is out there every second of every day.
No help for naked turtles - Do not slip up on security. As a plant manager, my first impulse would be to cut all ties with Ethernet-based networking and the Internet.
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