Industrial Security

No Safety without Secu­rity – that is Pilz’s firm belief. Only appro­priate Indus­trial Secu­rity mea­sures on the machine guar­antee the integrity of machinery safety. Pilz pro­tects devices, plant and machinery from unau­tho­rised access and manip­u­la­tion.

Safely moved, precisely controlled

Machines also go through a life­cycle. Each phase places spe­cific demands on Safety – and on those who must ensure it. What’s impor­tant here, and what role does Secu­rity now play?

IT vs. OT: two worlds, one goal

Secu­rity becomes manda­tory: New EU reg­u­la­tions such as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), NIS 2 and the Machinery Reg­u­la­tion man­date greater Secu­rity in pro­duc­tion. Matthias Kuczera and Simon Nutz explain what machine man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors need to know now – and how they can pro­vide effec­tive pro­tec­tion for their plant.

Security: The more aware you are, the more questions arise

Ever since the pub­li­ca­tion of the new EU Machinery Reg­u­la­tion, it is clear: Secu­rity is now a legal require­ment! But how are com­pa­nies around the world dealing with this? Our secu­rity experts from Ger­many, Italy and Aus­tria explain.

Safely into the future

The automa­tion world is changing. Now more than ever. Key­words such as Indus­trial Secu­rity, Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence (AI), as well as open­ness and stan­dard­i­s­a­tion, are hot topics. As a reli­able partner for plant and machinery safety, Pilz takes its cus­tomers by the hand and walks the journey with them – through the trans­for­ma­tion and into the future.

Comprehensive service for Industrial Security

Increased cyber attacks, secu­rity require­ments in the new Machinery Reg­u­la­tion and manip­u­la­tion pro­tec­tion – pres­sure is growing on industry to deal with Indus­trial Secu­rity. But where to start? And how to imple­ment it? In Ger­many, Pilz is launching the Indus­trial Secu­rity Con­sulting Ser­vice.

Green light for engine parts

On an exten­sive crack testing machine, how can you ensure that only autho­rised employees gain access to the indi­vidual process steps? With the flex­ible oper­ating mode selec­tion and access per­mis­sion system PIT­mode fusion, only autho­rised per­sons now get the “green light” at Rhode + Wagner.

Spotlight on Security!

Along­side machinery safety, the stan­dards land­scape is focusing increas­ingly on Indus­trial Secu­rity. Because with digi­ti­sa­tion and net­working the envi­ron­ment is ­cur­rently under­going change. We are high­lighting what the most impor­tant changes to stan­dards in 2023 mean for machine man­u­fac­turers and oper­a­tors.

“Responsibilities are not yet clarified”

In all hon­esty, Secu­rity has already arrived on fac­tory floors. But how well informed about Indus­trial Secu­rity are machine builders and users really? David Machanek, Gen­eral Man­ager of Pilz Aus­tria, had his team survey their cus­tomers on this. In this inter­view he reports on his find­ings.

State-of-the-art Security

Secu­rity has become an indis­pens­able part of automa­tion, but with new require­ments and nor­ma­tive spec­i­fi­ca­tions, man­u­fac­turers, inte­gra­tors and oper­a­tors are faced with the ques­tion of how their staff can become qual­i­fied for the new chal­lenges. In response, Pilz has expanded its range of training courses for the pro­fes­sional devel­op­ment of spe­cial­ists to become Secu­rity experts.

Security affects us all

Indus­trial Secu­rity not only includes the pro­tec­tion of data, but at the same time also guar­an­tees the integrity of safety func­tions and mea­sures. If a pro­duc­tion ­worker starts up a plant, for example, even though they are not autho­rised to do so, this is already con­sid­ered a secu­rity inci­dent. This manip­u­la­tion, even if ­unin­ten­tional, endan­gers the safety of other employees. This makes it even more impor­tant to con­sider safety holis­ti­cally – because it also plays a key role in ­ques­tions of lia­bility.

“There is much uncertainty”

Increasing digi­ti­sa­tion in the smart fac­tory is accom­pa­nied by new chal­lenges when dealing with safety. Thomas Pilz, Man­aging Partner at Pilz, is inter­viewed about cur­rent devel­op­ments and the changing under­standing of safety and indus­trial secu­rity.

Three minutes with …
… Nils Brücker

Senior Product Man­ager Soft­ware and Tech­nolo­gies

Maintenance without restart

When a machine is being main­tained, it is impor­tant that the per­sonnel can per­form the work con­sci­en­tiously and that the plant and machinery never starts up during this work. Dig­ital main­te­nance safe­guarding there­fore ensures that only autho­rised per­sons gain access.

Managing access

A mod­ular system offering that pre­vents unau­tho­rised access and can be ­adapted to the respec­tive appli­ca­tion is impor­tant because of how indi­vidual ­access to plant and machinery is. The most effort is in the main­te­nance of ­per­mis­sions and this can be sup­ported by the appro­priate soft­ware tools.

From cyber attack to safety award

After Pilz was the victim of a cyber attack in October 2019, the com­pany launched a com­mu­ni­ca­tion offen­sive. As part of the 4th Cyber­Sicher­heits­Forum, a forum for cyber secu­rity pre­sented by the state of Baden-Würt­tem­berg, Pilz received the safety award for their response.

Pilz development is extra safe

Pilz prod­ucts ensure the safety of human, machine and the envi­ron­ment. It thus comes as no sur­prise that even their ­devel­op­ment processes have to sat­isfy cer­tain require­ments. TÜV Süd has now cer­ti­fied Pilz: Pilz devel­op­ments not only safe, but also secure!

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