InCyS: Industrial Cyber Security 4.0 (2018-2020) (http://incybersecurity.eu/)
AIM: to offer materials to make current and future operational technicians (OTs) aware of the main risks and dangers of the control systems connected in Industry 4.0 and to provide them with basic responsiveness mechanisms to those risks when they are detected.
The introduction of information technologies (IT) and digital supply networks (DSNs) into automated systems means that data is now shared among a large number of applications, and machinery is operated using global applications and network systems. The benefits of the use of digital technology for operations are enormous but also come with new and increased risks. There is a real threat to companies’ production security, safety and capacity, as well as data privacy, when companies connect to operational technology networks.
Companies admit to being unprepared for the array of cyber threats now distinguishable. Operational technicians in industrial companies are not sufficiently aware of the threats nor do they have the competences to take adequate preventive security or response measures.
InCyS 4.0 proposes the creation of an integrated training course for high level technicians (EQF level 5 and above) and operational workers who work or will work in industry, in critical infrastructures or in industrial production.
The course will focus on cyber threats, dangers and consequences in Industrial Systems and offers basic practical cyber security awareness training to prevent unnecessary exposure to risk and also basic capacity to protect against threats when detected.