Industrial OT-Security and Intelligent Manufacturing Development
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2027 | Viewed by 44
Editors
Interests: cybersecurity; OT security management system; information security management; IT security; production/operations management
Interests: cybersecurity; wireless networks; distributed computing; mobile computing; cloud computing; Internet of Things
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Dear Colleagues,
Intelligent manufacturing development requires that the underlying Operational Technology (OT) systems and OT environments operate in an increasingly resilient manner (i.e., are stable, robust and available) due to a rising number of advanced cyberattacks targeting both IT and OT environments. The more there is to attack, the more that will be attacked as artificial intelligence (AI)—such as the recent Mythos and Chat GPT Cyber large language models—is used by attackers. Intelligent manufacturing is a concept leveraging the combination of IT systems, Internet-of-Thing (IoT) systems, OT systems, cloud services and AI services into an increasingly data-driven, adaptive/flexible, and autonomous system of production and distribution. Thus, intelligent manufacturing is necessary for society to function as it should, as the output from manufacturing and processing industries, as well as critical infrastructures, is needed in many parts of society. Furthermore, the connection between, and convergence of, IT and OT environments puts additional cybersecurity requirements on intelligent manufacturing development. In addition, the rapid legal and regulatory developments concerning cybersecurity and safety have an impact on intelligent manufacturing, as most OT systems are connected. These are all challenges which will be addressed in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. John Lindström
Prof. Dr. Karl Andersson
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- cybersecurity
- intelligent manufacturing
- legal and regulatory impact on OT-security and safety
- OT-security
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