The Fraunhofer Industrial Cyber Security Lab is a world-class environment where Fraunhofer together with the inIT develops and tests new cyber security solutions to defend industrial control systems (ICS) and critical infrastructure from cyber attacks.
Why more IT security? The use of the Internet for the networking of machines and equipment opens up wide possibilities for manufacturing companies and equipment manufacturers, but also for possibilities for manipulation and data theft. At present, attacks on critical infrastructures and industrial plants are increasing - sometimes these are serious threats which can cause considerable environmental damage and personal injury. According to the german association BITKOM, data theft, espionage and sabotage generate an annual loss of more than 22 billion euros for German industry.