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PAPERTECHNOLOGYINTERNATIONAL
Addressing industrial cybersecurity risk affecting the industry - Paper Technology International 2023
The advanced services are delivered in the
safest way, ensuring the customer’s continuous
Real-world cyber attacks on industry manufacturers
efficient and effective production, along with
proprietary commercial data security.
In February 2021, Atlanta-based corrugated packing manufacturer
In today’s rapidly evolving industrial
WestRock experienced a ransomware attack. A month later, the
operations environment, protection against
company informed shareholders that the attack had affected
cybersecurity risks and compliance with industrial
WestRock’s production operations, causing a loss of approximately
125,000 tons in containerboard and paperboard production.
security standards is expected upon every machine
delivery and commissioning. ANDRITZ ensures
In February 2020, a malware attack on Paper Excellence Canada
that each machine it delivers is secure, regulatory
impacted the company’s IT systems and forced it to temporarily
compliant, and meets the customer’s contractual
shut down operations at three of its nine production facilities.
requirements for continuous, safe production.
Hackers installed malware on the pulp and paper manufacturer’s IT
With OTORIO’s spOT Lifecycle solution,
system software that sent essential data to production mills, telling
ANDRITZ can also also provide post-delivery
manufacturing operations machines about required criteria like paper
Security-as-a-Service over the machine’s entire
quantities and dimensions. The manufacturer’s Canadian operations
had to be temporarily halted until the attack could be resolved.
lifecycle on the customer’s premises. spOT Lifecycle
periodically checks configurations and vulnerabilities
In January 2022, the Swiss-based CPH group experienced a cyber
during ANDRITZ service calls (whether remotely
attack on its IT systems that caused it to temporarily suspend pulp
or on-site), and performs “virtual querying” of the
and paper manufacturing operations at plants in Perlen, Switzerland
machine’s fingerprint for new, publicly-known
and Mülheim, Germany. Approximately two weeks after the attack, the
vulnerabilities. This solution provides clear, practical
company announced that “all IT systems of the CPH Group worldwide
recommendations on how to remediate compliance
were checked and restored from the backup systems together with
and security gaps and harden against ransomware
external cyber specialists.”
attacks.
The result is a detailed report on compliance
confirmation that delivers accurate, in-depth security
verifications of the delivered machines. spOT Lifecycle
enables ANDRITZ to remediate each vulnerability,
security gap, and compliance deviation prior to a machine’s delivery,
For secure remote access to operational assets, ANDRITZ
and include details on any mitigation steps taken in the issued
Automation & Digitalization utilizes OTORIO’s remOT to deliver
report. The information is also used to ensure that new deliveries are secure, simple, and fully governed remote access to the operational
secure by design.
environment.
ANDRITZ’s Automation & Digitalization embeds OTORIO
ANDRITZ applies remOT zero trust security architecture as
cybersecurity into the automation lifecycle of new and existing
a service in clients’ industrial environments in compliance with IEC
machines for safe, resilient, and efficient operations. The company’s standards for single sign-on controlled access to operational assets.
Security-as-a-Service offering ensures that each machine it delivers
Alternatively, clients can easily manage remote connections for all
is secure, regulatory compliant, and meets contractual requirements. their third-party vendors by using remOT.
Every customer is assured that ANDRITZ deliveries provide
continuous, safe production throughout their entire lifecycle.
Summary
Industrial cybersecurity risks and ransomware demands affecting pulp and paper
manufacturers’ production are an unfortunate reality. Companies must proactively
assess, manage, and mitigate OT security risks to protect business continuity and
maintain resilient operations.
OTORIO and ANDRITZ bring their extensive experience and industrial-native
cybersecurity expertise to help you assess, monitor, and manage industrial risks.
From helping to ensure safe pulp and paper manufacturing operations to reducing
risks and vulnerabilities that can impact your production, worker safety, critical
infrastructure, and regulatory compliance, our proven OT security solutions and
services can enhance your cybersecurity posture and help safeguard your industrial
production.
Daniel Bren, Co-Founder and CEO, OTORIO
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