As many advantages as networked production brings with it, it also carries many new, unthought-of risks. Not only attacks from outside (industrial espionage, cyberattacks, etc.) are relevant, but also data theft by employees must be considered and prevented. If a machine is networked for machine data collection, IT security must also be taken into account right from the start. Because with networking, a machine is in any case more vulnerable than without networking. That is a fact. But there are many ways to reduce the risks to a minimum by using common security mechanisms.
IoT security experts
The lack of security described is partly due to the fact that IoT security experts with the relevant knowledge are lacking in many places.
Appointment of a data protection officer
The field of activity of a data protection officer includes the following tasks: