How to hack into a CNC machine?

Type of course:

Digital learning, Lesson

Language:

Duration:

15 minutes

Workload:

2 hours

Proficiency:

Advanced

Target:

Workers

The nugget describes the kind of weaknesses which can be found in shop floor machine tools. The user is shown real world examples of the kind of vulnerabilities that machine tools can encounter and their origin source. The nugget also describes the potential solutions which can be used to counteract these 21st century deficiencies which have been, until now, not safeguarded against.

Such examples are the use a IoT infrastructure segmentation and the deployment of firewalls in order to hinder access to potentially malevolent third parties.

Learning outcomes

The reader understands the fragility of machine bound software.
The importance of cybersecurity can be seen by defining security risks to non-protected machine tools.
The different cybersecurity strategies implemented can be seen to prevent a cyber network attack.