Working Groups

• viruses may infect production devices and cause breakdowns
• DOS or eMail attacks may result in network bandwidth problems
• even "nice" software may interfere with automation protocols and behaviours and inflict casualties
• network administration : control access and authorization is a big task

• Risk Evaluation : This starts with an analysis of possible threats that may harm your automation network - although viruses are a well known danger for computers, the automation environment creates a different ground that needs special care. Even a tiny administrative network tool may use too much network bandwidth and cause your network to collapse, which means production loss and financial damage
• Analyse your Network : many IT networks and also automation networks are grown things, not easy to track and understand. Regarding security, it is vital to investigate data flow and define interfaces - this is a basic task to use infrastructure components such as switches to help making your network more secure.
• Create the "automation network security guide" : although we are using many components and techniques from the office IT world, some things are different when we talk about automation networking. We would like to give you a hand when you are planning to make your system more secure.