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Addressing industrial cybersecurity risk affecting the industry - Paper Technology International 2023

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Addressing industrial cybersecurity risk affecting the industry - Paper Technology International 2023
OTORIO & ANDRITZ partner to safeguard production operations
Daniel Bren, Co-Founder and CEO, OTORIO
INTRODUCTION:
The pulp and paper industry continues its rapid digital transformation. This makes pulp and paper manufacturers’ industrial
networks more connected, more productive — and, unfortunately, more exposed to cybersecurity risks. Safeguarding IT and operational
technologies (OT) is critical to ensuring business continuity and resilient operations at the heart of pulp and paper manufacturing.
As industry leader ANDRITZ’s OT cybersecurity partner, OTORIO knows how crucial safety, uninterrupted energy supplies,
plant operations, and reliable utilities are to the pulp and paper manufacturing processes. The sophisticated industrial machines crafted
by ANDRITZ rely on multiple technologies, data sources, automation, and digitalization, as well as procedures to optimize process
performance.
Manufacturers worldwide have been hit with real-world
industrial cybersecurity attacks that halt industrial operations, lead
to ransomware demands, harm business continuity, and affect
shareholder value. The pulp and paper industry is no exception.
Over the past two years, cyber attacks impacted the manufacturing
operations of at least three different paper and packaging
companies in North America and Europe.
Whether they deal with recycling OCC, packaging board,
and mixed waste, securing production lines, drying processes,
or power and boiler generation, OTORIO’s industrial-native
cybersecurity solutions enable pulp and paper manufacturers to
minimize digital and cyber risks to their industrial operations. Our
solutions prioritize risk mitigation, add business context, and allow
plants to manage multi-site OT, IT, and IIoT networked environments
from one central dashboard.
Why the industry faces cybersecurity vulnerabilities
Whether producing paper, boards, or tissue, the various
stages of pulp and paper production and the technologies that
support it increase a manufacturer’s digital attack surface. Producing
panelboard, for example, involves heavy industrial machinery and
automated, networked technologies for raw wood processing,
preparation, cleaning, and pressurized refining. If a cyber attack
impacts even one stage of the process, this can have a domino
effect on related processes, potentially disrupting or halting
operations until the security breach is resolved.
OTORIO is proud to fully integrate our OT cybersecurity
solutions into ANDRITZ’s safe automation and digitalization
smart manufacturing portfolio. Our solutions enable a pulp and
paper manufacturer’s OT and IT teams to proactively reduce
cyber risks and vulnerabilities affecting the security and safety
of manufacturing procedures, business continuity, and ongoing
operations. We provide plants and production floors with key
functions like enhanced visibility of all your digital assets across
your manufacturing network (whatever their location). Your teams
get contextualized risk management with easy-to-use mitigation
playbooks and significantly more resilient industrial operations.
Critical infrastructure
It is also imperative for pulp and paper manufacturers
to protect their internal critical infrastructure assets in their mills
and plants from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Many stages of
production and processing create opportunities to recover, conserve,
and reuse resources that might otherwise go to waste (e.g., wood
fiber, water, and energy). Water is essential to the pulp and paper
manufacturing process. Manufacturers use it in many stages of
production: wood preparation, pulping, pulp washing, bleaching,
and coating. Recovery boilers allow for the extraction, recovery, and
reuse of byproducts like black liquor as energy during other stages
of production. For example, boiler generators serve two functions:
supplying steam for paper production and generating power for
manufacturing operations.
"ANDRITZ's pulp and paper industry clients benefit from OTORIO's
industrial-native OT cybersecurity solutions. By proactively reducing
digital risks and vulnerabilities in their multi-step manufacturing
processes, they help maintain secure, resilient operations for our
clients' paper, board, and tissue production."
- Tatu Liimatainen, Head of OT Cybersecurity, ANDRITZ
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