A Secure Gateway for the Cooperation of Information Technologies and Industrial Automation Systems

Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), pp. 53–58

Abstract

Promoting digitalization in industrial automation drives usage of new technologies, communication and information models. Thereby providing a platform for industrial automation to interact cooperatively with information technologies plays a crucial role to increase its digitalization and intelligence. An important factor in this interaction is security. The current automation systems do not cooperate in a high interconnected environment but offer a high security level. In contrast to the current automation systems, the future automation systems in context of Industry 4.0 offer high interconnectedness but require a security solution. The interaction deals with retrieving and processing data from the process control system and sending feedback to it. For retrieving data from automation systems different concepts are discussed such as the NAMUR Information diode. The goal of this paper is to develop a realization of a secure gateway for the interaction of information technology and automation systems. Furthermore, an approach to integrate feedback of information technology into process control is discussed.

Authors 5

1. Mahyar Azarmipour Aachen Chair of Process Control Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Process Control Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

2. Christian von Trotha Aachen Chair of Process Control Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Process Control Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

3. Caspar Gries
   Affiliation as printed

   SYSGO GmbH, Office Mainz, Klein-Winternheim, Germany

4. Tobias Kleinert Aachen Chair of Process Control Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Process Control Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

5. Ulrich Epple Aachen Chair of Process Control Engineering

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Chair of Process Control Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany