Cybersecurity Viewpoints

In Part 2 of this article on the legal landscape related to smart manufacturing, we take a look at legal issues surrounding data ownership, data privacy, as well as the implications of artificial intelligence, which is rapidly making inroads to the manufacturing arena. 

When implementing industrial control systems to monitor and control elements of the critical infrastructure, it has always been crucial to ensure their safe and reliable operation.  

Lawyers are primarily concerned with liability of your organization and can advise on key issues such as: What are you liable for to your customers? What liability needs to be borne by your vendors? What are your liable for to the regulators? What are the different jurisdictions (and their implications) of all the countries in which you are operating?

Claroty, a major player in cybersecurity for industrial control networks, announced that a prominent syndicate of investors, including industrial operators and control system vendors, invested $60 million in Series B funding.

On June 21st ARC vice president and lead cybersecurity expert Sid Snitkin will join in a webinar with Nozomi co-founder and CPO Andrea Carcano to discuss the convergence of IT and OT domains and the impact on cybersecurity.

Capgemini has entered into an agreement to acquire Leidos Cyber, the commercial cybersecurity arm of the FORTUNE 500 company Leidos.  

Last week, data diode-based cybersecurity supplier Owl Cyber Defense released its Owl ReCon solution. ReCon is different from Owl’s other data diode offerings in that it provides highly-secure bidirectional communications for remote monitoring, operations, and control.

Honeywell announced a software solution to provide industrial cybersecurity to industrial customers who manage diverse process control networks, sites and vendors.

Nozomi Networks Inc. announced new product enhancements, a broadened partner network, and aggressive global field expansion initiatives.

This past week Fiat Chrysler Auto (FCA) announced the recall of 4.8 million US cars to install revised software in their Engine Control Modules (ECMs). A few years ago the same manufacturer had to recall over 1 million vehicles when cybersecurity researchers showed that they could penetrate the car’s control systems remotely using the vehicle’s connected infotainment system.