Cybersecurity in the context of industry 4.0: A structured classification of critical assets and business impacts

摘要

An increasing number of cybersecurity breaches adversely affect business performance, by leveraging the vulnerabilities of networked manufacturing machines. In some cases, cyber-attacks on critical industrial equipment are able to undermine the corporate business model. Knowing and evaluating in advance the main critical assets to be protected from potential cyber-attacks and the business impacts that could occur is a source of competitive advantage.