{"id":55596,"date":"2022-01-27T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T09:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=55596"},"modified":"2022-02-23T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:58:08","slug":"lancom-optima-it-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/lancom-optima-it-sicherheit\/","title":{"rendered":"Securely protect machine networks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Companies are increasingly falling victim to hacker attacks. Sometimes it is data theft, sometimes it is blackmail. Recent cases show that companies should not underestimate the danger and should not neglect digital security.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You don't have to be an IT nerd to have come across the Risk of digital vulnerability<\/strong> have become aware of this. In May last year, for example, hackers on the east coast of the USA remotely shut down one of the country's largest pipelines to extort a ransom. The social and financial consequences were enormous.<\/p>

Due to the scale of such cases, it is easy to overlook the fact that individual companies also fall victim to such attacks. This was the case in 2019, when automation provider Pilz fell victim to a targeted attack. The company was forced to take all its computer networks offline as a precautionary measure. A similar case occurred at the beginning of the year when the Swiss film manufacturer CPH<\/a> also put all IT systems on hold as a preventative measure due to a cyber attack and stopped production in the paper and packaging divisions.<\/p>

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According to a study by the \u201eDeutschland sicher im Netz\u201c (DsiN) association, in 2020 there were 46 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises affected by a cyberattack<\/strong> affected. In September 2020, the German packaging machine manufacturer Optima Packaging Group GmbH<\/a> from Schw\u00e4bisch Hall was the victim of a cyber attack. The attack was discovered quickly and all systems were shut down immediately. As almost all of Optima's machines are maintained and monitored by service technicians in the customer's production halls via VPN remote maintenance, there was a risk of a cyber attack. Fears that the attack could spread to customer networks in disguise through the VPN tunnel<\/strong>. This was quickly ruled out, but the company decided to further increase IT security in this area.<\/p>

The goal: The security level of remote maintenance should be further increased and the protection of machine networks enhanced<\/strong>. The system manufacturer developed the corresponding solution together with the German Network and security manufacturer Lancom Systems<\/a> from Aachen, a subsidiary of the Munich-based electronics group Rohde & Schwarz. This was preceded by detailed and in-depth market research.<\/p>