INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The CyberPhysical Security of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Processes The cyber-physical security of any manufacturing system, specifically food and drug manufacturing, is essential. The technology in the pharmaceutical industry advanced significantly in last decade to improve upon every aspects of drug manufacturing. However, much less attention has been paid to identify and proactively mitigate the risk of cyberphysical attacks. Viruses that threaten these systems are very real and in recent years have proven very harmful and costly. Those that target drugs consumed by billions of people worldwide will inevitably have deadly consequences. Even with dedicated IT departments focused on determining cyber-physical attacks, it is imperative that a base layer of protection should be integrated into pharmaceutical manufacturing plants for the well-being of manufacturing system as well as consumers. This paper gives the overview of methods and tools useful for cyber-physical security of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes. Ravendra Singh, Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (ERC-SOPS), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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he cyber-physical security is no longer an area that should be overlooked. Unfortunately, cyber-physical attacks of all kinds may
cost companies a great amount of money and countless lives. In a recent PharmaIQ report, an increasing trend of ‘cyberphysical security risk’ has been found.
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