Maintenance via remote access – IT-security aspects

Digitalisation continues to advance in mechanical engineering. Remote maintenance is being used more and more frequently for machines and, if used improperly, can endanger the health and safety of employees. What needs to be considered to ensure that remote maintenance can be implemented safely and successfully?

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Seminars on functional safety and validation in 2026:

• in Mexico City, Mexico: September 7^th – 8^th : see program flyer (EN_PDF)
• in Querétaro, Mexico: September 9^th – 10^th: see program flyer (EN_PDF)

Considering NOM-004-STPS the objective of the seminar is to give an overview about mandatory standards and their application. With these standards the manufacturers of machines have the basic technical regulations at their disposal. This seminar communicates to the participants the basic knowledge of these standards and their application in the industrial area. This is done also by means of practical examples. The speakers give information as experts in standardization and machinery safety.

Registration for both seminars: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3HFyIkI1CNBPcq_ApEyp9qSZl_Wmdx27YZW7M9ktyw7n-Mg/viewform

• The presentations of the seminar 2023 in Pune, India (September 25th/26th) and in Bangalore, India (September 27th/28th) can be downloaded under: https://www.safe-machines-at-work.org/control-devices/seminars-functional-safety-and-validation-in-india
• The presentations of the seminar 2022 in Detroit, USA (May 23rd/24^th) and in Toronto, Canada (May 26th/27^th) can be downloaded under: https://www.safe-machines-at-work.org/control-devices/seminars-functional-safety-and-validation

• detect and consider developments in the field of control devices at an early stage concerning safety and security of machines in a comprehensible and user-appropriate manner and promote qualified discussion between interested persons.
• take control devices (safety related parts of control systems) as an important element of machines into an integrated consideration
• co-design the international standardization if possible and transfer new findings on an international level
• elaborate a practical guideline to raise awareness for safety and security describing types and application of control devices (safety related parts of control systems): what kind of safety/ security measures has to be implemented in the control device (safety related parts of control systems) depends on the required risk reduction. A message for customers: make your networks safe. The manufacturers of components should give advise but will not be responsible.