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Cybersecurity Act and Industrial Applications: Taking Stock of the Situation Marcello Zinno UCIF – Italian Surface Treatment Equipment Manufacturers’ Association, Milan
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he issue of cybersecurity is
That is why much attention is being and will
by pointing out that the legislative framework
increasingly important for companies.
be increasingly paid on this issue as related to
for cybersecurity would significantly
In Italy, thanks to the Industry 4.0
deviate from the existing, well-supported
and their ever-greater capacity to interconnect
New Legislative Framework. Orgalime
able to interact with each other have
goods and systems. This phenomenon is
also intends to suggest other regulatory
increased up to a two-figure percentage
under close observation in Brussels. Both the
instruments to cope with cybersecurity
in the year 2017 only. One of the essential
European Council and the ITRE Committee
in industrial applications and plants. In
requirements for plants to be considered
of the European Parliament formalised their
addition to a document that describes
4.0-oriented and able to benefit from tax
position on the EU Cybersecurity Act in June.
in depth the current state of IT security
exemption is interconnection, which is
The European Parliament held a specific
in Europe and in industrial plants (which
closely linked to the machines’ ability to
and formal vote on September, 13 2018.
the ANIMA Federation has sent to all its
produce data and information. Cybersecurity
Negotiations should start at the end of
member companies highlighting pros
does not focus so much on the intended
September to reach a final agreement on the
and cons of such analysis), Orgalime has
use or nature of these data, but rather on
law by the end of 2018.
organised a survey on the results expected
their protection, for which the data owner is
Orgalime (European Engineering Industries
from the Cybersecurity Act and on possible
responsible.
Association) has expressed an official position
suggestions on alternative regulations.
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the technological development of machines
Plan, investments in plants and machines
Figure 1: Attention will be increasingly paid on cybersecurity as related to the technological development of machines and their ever-greater capacity to interconnect goods and systems.
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