{"id":56337,"date":"2022-02-22T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=56337"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:21:53","slug":"english-2022-1-lancom-systems-optima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/english-2022-1-lancom-systems-optima\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect machine networks safely"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Companies are increasingly becoming victims of hacker attacks. Sometimes it is data theft, sometimes blackmail. Recent cases show that companies should not underestimate the danger and neglect digital security.\u00a0<\/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 noticed the Risk of digital vulnerability<\/strong> recently. In May last year, for example, hackers on the east coast of the US unceremoniously shut down one of the country's largest pipelines remotely to extort a ransom. The social and financial consequences were huge. Due to the scale of such cases, it is easy to overlook the fact that individual companies also fall victim to such attacks<\/strong>. This is what happened in 2019 when automation provider Pilz fell victim to a targeted attack. The company was forced to take all computer networks offline as a precaution. A similar case occurred only at the beginning of the year, when the Swiss foil manufacturer CPH also put all IT systems on hold as a precautionary measure due to a cyber attack and stopped production in the paper and packaging divisions.<\/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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Security through remote maintenance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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According to a study by the association \u201eDeutschland sicher im Netz\u201c (DsiN), 46 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises in Germany were affected by a cyberattack in 2020<\/strong>. In September 2020, the German packaging machine manufacturer Optima Packaging Group GmbH<\/a> from Schw\u00e4bisch Hall was also the victim of a cyber attack. The attack was quickly discovered and all systems were immediately shut down. Since almost all of Optima's machines are maintained and monitored by service technicians in the customers\u2018 production halls via VPN remote maintenance, there were fears that, camouflaged by the VPN tunnel, the attack could also spread to the customer networks<\/strong>. This was quickly ruled out, but the company decided to further increase IT security in this area.<\/p>

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The goal was to further increase the security level of remote maintenance and to enhance the protection of the machine networks<\/strong>. The plant 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 a detailed and in-depth market research. \u201eWe took a close look at the solutions offered by various security providers and held intensive discussions,\u201c says Dr.-Ing. Benjamin H\u00e4fner, Director Industrial IT at Optima. The decision in favour of Lancom as the manufacturer was followed by months of joint development work, because an out-of-the-box solution for industrial machines<\/strong> had not been available from the German security specialist until then. According to Markus Irle, Vice President Firewall & Security at Lancom Systems, the finished solution offers an exceptional level of security for the industrial and manufacturing sector.<\/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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The new firewalls are put into operation quickly and securely<\/strong> via the Lancom Management Cloud from the Aachen-based company. In the process, basic parameters have to be defined by the IT staff in advance. The cloud takes care of the rest of the roll-out automatically. \u201eZero-touch deployment is incredibly convenient,\u201c says H\u00e4fner. \u201eA plus point that is particularly advantageous for our customers because the implementation of the solution in their corporate networks runs quickly and smoothly.\u201c A Lancom-R&S unified firewall is used on site at each of the customer locations. Remotely, service technicians access Optima's machines securely and directly<\/strong> via the firewalls using encrypted VPN tunnels. This allows configurations to be changed or error messages to be checked and analysed.<\/p>