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Overview
At the 24th Annual ARC Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, an executive roundtable panel discussion followed the two keynote addresses on the digital transformation of industry. In part 1 of this multi-part ARC Insight, our panelists addressed questions related to breaking down organizational silos and IT/OT convergence. In part 2, they shared their perspectives on what the plants and factories of the future will look like, the emerging technologies and approaches that will make this possible, and how to achieve worker buy-in for the new technologies. Here, in part 3, we’ll share some of their perspectives on the critical issue of maintaining effective industrial cybersecurity in the age of digital transformation.
Participating in the panel from the technology users’ side were Billy Bardin, Global Operations Technology Director at Dow; Don Bartusiak, Chief Engineer of Process Control at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering; and Dr. Henning Löser, head of the Audi Production Lab. From the technology supplier side, were Christine Boles, VP of the IoT Group at Intel; and John Kovac, Director of Microsoft’s Manufacturing business unit. ARC’s Andy Chatha moderated the panel discussion.
Balancing Digital Innovation with Cyber Risk
Michelle Balderson from Fortinet, a global cybersecurity company, raised a question about how, “looking into the future state,” companies will secure all the innovative change being discussed at the Forum. It was pretty clear that this, the proverbial “elephant in the room,” was on the minds of many other Forum participants, as well. Specifically, Ms. Balderson asked the panelists: “How do you balance risk with innovation within your organizations?”
Henning Löser from Audi took the first shot at responding to this. “In the past, for automation - programming and networking PLCs and such - we were thinking that cybersecurity would be okay if we just built up a big enough firewall around our factory sites.” But, over time, it became apparent that this is not enough. “So, what we need to do is take steps to deploy technologies that will actually let us monitor the risks.”
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Keywords: Digital Transformation, Industrial Cybersecurity, Dow, ExxonMobil, Audi, Microsoft, Intel, ARC Advisory Group.