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Join Us For Our Integration Workshop!

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This workshop will provide insights into the CyberFactory#1 Use-cases. CyberFactory#1 aims at designing, developing, integrating and demonstrating a set of key enabling capabilities to foster virtualization, optimization and resilience of the Factories of the Future (FoF). It addresses the needs of 10 pilot users from Transportation, Textile, Electronics and Machine manufacturing industries around use cases such as AI-based process monitoring/optimization, continuous quality control, collaborative robotics, robot fleet optimizations or distributed manufacturing. It will also propose preventive and reactive capabilities to address cyber and physical threats and safety concerns in Factories of the Future.

The goal of this workshop is to assess the project demonstrators against user requirements including:
•           Demonstration objectives
•           Capabilities involved
•           Proposed architecture
•           Demonstration platform
•           Demonstration scenario

Date: 03. May 2021

Time: 14.00-17.15 CEST

 

14.00:             Use Cases 1-5

      • Airbus Defence and Space “Roboshave” – Real time rivet shaving control for aircraft manufacturing
      • Airbus Defence and Space “Autoclave” – Data-driven process optimization for aircraft parts forming
      • Airbus Defence and Space “Gap Gun” – Real time gaps and steps measurement data collection and analysis
      • S21Sec – Secure Manufacturing CPS monitoring on auxiliary automotive industry
      • Bittium – Cyber secure networked supply chain and information architecture

15.30:            Coffee Break

15.45:            Use- Cases 5-10

      • High Metal – Cheese making, IoT process lines and machinery
      • IDEPA – Digitized Textile production with cognitive ERP
      • Vestel – Optimizing Material Handling in PCB assembly lines
      • Alstom – Enabling robotics involvement in large system integration
      • ASTI Mobile Robotics GmbH – Simulation-based Robot fleet task allocation and optimization

17.15:            End of Workshop

 

 

Towards resilient Factories of Future – Defining required capabilities for a resilient Factory of Future

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Abstract

Ongoing digitalization and implementation of new techniques for the Factory of Future (FoF) brings up new opportunities as well new threats that must be concerned to conciliate optimization of the supply and manufacturing chain with the need for security, safety and resilience. The CyberFactory#1 project addresses these needs by providing a framework of possible capabilities for resilient FoF environments. To further define these capabilities an approach was used to define requirements and implementation planning based on Use-Cases and Misuse-Cases to enable the development of needed capabilities for resilient FoF.

Access to Document

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342736698

Authors

Matthias Glawe (Airbus CyberSecurity), Linda Feeken (OFFIS e.V.-Institut für Informatik), Ching-Yu Kao (Fraunhofer AISEC), Elham Mirzaei (InSystems GmbH), Alexander Szanto (Brandenburgisches Institut für Gesellschaft und Sicherheit), Torsten Weinhold (Bombardier), Björn Wudka (HTW Berlin)

Conference

Automation 2020, 30 June – 1 July, Baden-Baden (Online)

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Glawe, M.; Feeken, L.; Kao, C.-Y.; Mirzaei, E.; Szanto, A.; Weinhold, T.; Wudka, B.: Towards resilient Factories of Future – Defining required capabilities for a resilient Factory of Future, in: Conference Paper Automation 2020, VDI-Berichte Nr. 2375, 2020.

A New Concept of Digital Twin Supporting Optimization and Resilience of Factories of the Future

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In the context of Industry 4.0, a growing use is being made of simulation-based decision-support tools commonly named Digital Twins. Digital Twins are replicas of the physical manufacturing assets, providing means for the monitoring and control of individual assets. Although extensive research on Digital Twins and their applications has been carried out, the majority of existing approaches are asset specific. Little consideration is made of human factors and interdependencies between different production assets are commonly ignored. In this paper, we address those limitations and propose innovations for cognitive modeling and co-simulation which may unleash novel uses of Digital Twins in Factories of the Future. We introduce a holistic Digital Twin approach, in which the factory is not represented by a set of separated Digital Twins but by a comprehensive modeling and simulation capacity embracing the full manufacturing process including external network dependencies. Furthermore, we introduce novel approaches for integrating models of human behavior and capacities for security testing with Digital Twins and show how the holistic Digital Twin can enable new services for the optimization and resilience of Factories of the Future. To illustrate this approach, we introduce a specific use-case implemented in field of Aerospace System Manufacturing.

Access to Document

https://doi.org/10.3390/app10134482 

Authors
Adrien Bécue (AIRBUS CyberSecurity), Eva Maia (School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP)/GECAD)), Linda Feeken (OFFIS e.V.-Institut für Informatik), Philipp Borchers (OFFIS e.V.-Institut für Informatik), Isabel Praça (School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP/IPP)/GECAD))
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Bécue, A.; Maia, E.; Feeken, L.; Borchers, P.; Praça, I. A New Concept of Digital Twin Supporting Optimization and Resilience of Factories of the Future. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4482.

Cyber Threat Actors for the Factory of the Future

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Abstract

The increasing degree of connectivity in factory of the future (FoF) environments, with systems that were never designed for a networked environment in terms of their technical security nature, is accompanied by a number of security risks that must be considered. This leads to the necessity of relying on risk assessment-based approaches to reach a sufficiently mature cyber security management level. However, the lack of common definitions of cyber threat actors (CTA) poses challenges in untested environments such as the FoF. This paper analyses policy papers and reports from expert organizations to identify common definitions of CTAs. A significant consensus exists only on two common CTAs, while other CTAs are often either ignored or overestimated in their importance. The identified motivations of CTAs are contrasted with the specific characteristics of FoF environments to determine the most likely CTAs targeting FoF environments. Special emphasis is given to corporate competitors, as FoF environments probably provide better opportunities than ever for industrial espionage if they are not sufficiently secured. In this context, the study aims to draw attention to the research gaps in this area.

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https://doi.org/10.3390/app10124334 

Authors

Mirko Sailio (VTT), Outi-Marja Latvala (VTT), Alexander Szanto (Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security)

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Sailio, M.; Latvala, O.-M.; Szanto, A. Cyber Threat Actors for the Factory of the Future. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 4334.

Management of Cyber Security Threats in the Factories of the Future Supply Chains

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Today there are numerous Factories of the Future initiatives delivering different Industry 4.0 applications to manufacturing industry supply chains. However, in the future, Factory of the Future is not going to be a simple manufacturing asset, nor a sum of isolated assets. Instead, it will comprise a network of factories, which is considered in a System of Systems approach. The current challenge is to propose novel architectures, technologies and methodologies to optimize the level of efficiency and security of this System of Systems in a context where every step towards digitization exposes the manufacturing process to a widening array of cyber threats. This paper discusses about the management of cyber threats in System of Systems operations and supply chains. The next generation System of Systems are using different technologies with the combination of human aspects from workers, managers, entrepreneurs and decision makers. In addition, economically there are limitations on how much to invest on different technologies and human aspects. In addition, monetary and financial flows are under the burden of cyber risks. This study will therefore embrace the technical, economic and human dimensions at once. This study is based on a European-wide multi-national research project, the aim of which is to define – through different use-cases – the preventive and reactive capabilities to address cyber and physical threats and safety concerns in System of Systems. The study indicates different cyber challenges related to the future manufacturing business and operational models, with a special attention on “as-a-service” business model. The paper also indicates initial managerial and practical views on the management of cyber threats in future business models.

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OSCM_2019_paper_29

Authors

Jukka Hemilä (VTT), Markku Mikkola (VTT), Jarno Salonen (VTT)

Conference

9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, OSCM 2019 – RMIT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Duration: 15 Dec 2019 → 18 Dec 2019
Conference number: 9

ISBN (Electronic)

978-602-7060-47-0

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Hemilä, J., Mikkola, M., & Salonen, J. (2019).
Management of Cyber Security Threats in the Factories of the Future Supply Chains. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019 Vietnam.