Technology
Secure collaboration spaces in manufacturing workflows BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE VISITING AND touring multiple customer plants, we can safely say that whether you are building an airplane or making a chocolate-chip cookie, the processes (with slight modifications) are similar, the safety and compliance challenges are almost the same. In addition, the network and security challenges are almost identical. Security at the manufacturing zone has always been a tough equation to solve. It requires a delicate balance among performance (with automation), compliance (and visibility), internal polices (traffic movement), and the various “personas” that operate the environment (process ownership). In this article, we introduce a security and collaboration model that utilizes Cyber Vision technology for monitoring on industrial networks and subsequently uses the power of WebEx Teams to create “virtual spaces” or communities of interest to react to a certain reported event. Cyber Vision provides full visibility into the Industrial Network that includes asset inventory, real-time monitoring, and threat intelligence.
Problem Statement
Cyber Vision deployment in manufacturing plants. tremendous operational efficiency by allowing control devices like Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and field devices like Robots to be automatically upgraded, continuously monitored to predict future failures and proactively schedule maintenance to avoid unnecessary downtimes. The efficiency is made possible due to the ability to communicate
with the control devices through remote network connections and to stream telemetry events from field devices in the plant to the Robotics vendor. This network connectivity also increases the potential threat vectors and poses a serious security challenge to manufacturers. The challenge is exacerbated by rich ecosystem of control and field SOURCE: CISCO
Manufacturers need to protect plants from external threats and protect employees from accidents due to unplanned events. The introduction of Ethernet based protocols within Industrial control networks has brought
SOURCE: CISCO
The combination of security and collaboration platforms paves the way to accelerate engagement of a “community of experts” to address anomalies in industrial control networks. These communities can react rapidly to security and operational issues within the manufacturing environments.
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