From Cybersecurity to Cyber Immunity in IIoT

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Summary

Operational Technology (OT) and IT are growing together. They have to in order to be competitive! The objective: to use data profitably. According to different studies, the majority of companies in Germany see a high level of digitalization in Cyber Immunitytheir value chains.

The convergence of OT and IT increases the attack surface and puts production machines in the crosshairs of attackers. This report discusses how professional cyber security is applied in Industrial Digital Transformation. At the same time, the limits of the known cybersecurity methods are shown. It is time for end users to rethink their cybersecurity strategies and start looking at new ways to protect their human and physical assets.  Cyber immunity is a new concept where Cyber-immune systems have to innate ability to withstand whole classes of cyberattacks, including new infectious agents that are invisible to classic cybersecurity solutions.

IT/OT Transformation

Industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) have numerous aspects, and there is not always agreement on what exactly is meant by these terms. Before we define what Industry 4.0 or IIoT exactly is, we should first explain…

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