As manufacturers continue to adopt connected technologies and Industry 4.0 practices, protecting production equipment from cyber threats has become just as important as improving efficiency.
Through its partnership with the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), Mazak is enhancing the cybersecurity capabilities of its SmartBox technology while helping shape the future of secure manufacturing.
The SmartBox serves three primary functions: cybersecurity, data collection and soft programmable logic controller (PLC) functionality. Designed to securely connect manufacturing equipment to industrial networks, the technology allows companies to collect valuable machine data while helping isolate equipment from unwanted network connections.
“When we partner with an equipment manufacturer like Mazak, we help them see how their equipment shapes the security posture of a manufacturing environment into which the equipment is deployed,” said Tim Lawless, master software architect and vulnerability remediation engineer at CyManII.
According to Nick Romeo, software developer engineer at Mazak, CyManII has played a key role in strengthening the platform’s cybersecurity features.