Security in industrie 4.0 - challenges and solutions for the fourth industrial revolution

Information technology (IT) is one of the most important drivers of innovation in production and automation. In Germany, the term Industrie 4.0 summarizes various activities and developments involved in the evolution of industrial processes in production, logistics, automation, etc. Many research and development projects work on different aspects of these developments. In the view of politics, industry, and IT enterprises, sufficient IT security is considered an essential prerequisite for the future of production. Although many current IT security solutions can be applied in Industrie 4.0 context, they do not satisfy requirements of processes in Industrie 4.0. Work needs to be done on underlying security mechanisms as well as on security architectures.