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Digital Factory

In a Digital Factory, all processes within a company are coordinated in such a way that production operates efficiently and profit-optimized. All collected production data can be retrieved and evaluated nearly in real time. Many companies are in the process of at least partially digitizing their production and increasing the degree of networking.

This digital transformation provides companies with new challenges, especially in the field of security. The more machine data is generated, analyzed and stored, the greater the risk that this data will also be of interest to others. To protect their own data, the company's internal networks and their gateways must be protected against unauthorized access. From the point of view of occupational health and safety, it is important to allow access to machines and their data only for authorized persons in order to minimize the risk of an attack.
 

Contact

Christian Werner
Institute for Research and Testing of the German Social Accident Insurance
Sankt Augustin, Germany

Christian.Werner(at)dguv.de

Members of the Project Group
News
March 2024

Use cases and practical examples on human factors, ergonomics and safe machines available

Read more: https://www.safe-machines-at-work.org/human-factors

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Digital integration in machines and process industry

July 7th, 2023, Rome

Proceedings of the seminar

Emerging risks in industry 4.0

Innovative approaches for safety and security
Nov. 25th, 2019, Rome

Proceedings of the seminar

Publications

  • Fact Sheet No. 4 published: Carry out updates safely: indispensable even in small businesses!
    DE PDF 2nd issue, 03/2023 / EN PDF 1st issue, 07/2022
  • Fact Sheet No. 3: Shut the Door against Cyber Attacks on Small Businesses
    DE PDF 2nd issue, 03/2023 / EN PDF 1st issue, 10/2020
  • Fact Sheet No. 2: Safe Passwords in Small Enterprises
    DE PDF 2nd issue, 03/2023 / EN PDF 1st issue, 07/2022
  • Fact Sheet No. 1: Cyber Security in Small Enterprises
    DE PDF 2nd issue, 03/2023 / EN PDF 1st issue, 09/2019
  • Safety in additive manufacturing. Powder bed fusion/sintering
    EN Summary
    IT PDF
  • Digital transformation of technical systems with explosion risk
    DE PDF / EN PDF (English summary)
  • Digital manufacturing – challenges for occupational safety and health (OSH) due to digital transformation
    EN PDF
  • Occupational safety and health in the new digital world - XXI World Congress on Safety & Health at Work 2017 - Proceedings
    EN PDF
  • Digitisation of Production: General Targets of Cyberattacks and Prevention Strategy
    EN PDF