Tag Archives: cyber security

Wrapped up in cotton wool

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Written by Andy Mills, Market Segment Manager – Industrial Components & Electronics

When we talk about a machine (or system) being fully protected from outside influences/threats, it would be great if we could just wrap it up in cotton wool, put on our blinkers and carry on as if nothing will ever happen.

Sadly, this is obviously not the case and we have to ensure our customers are well aware of the dangers out there for their machines/systems.

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How to avoid the cost of machine downtime

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Written by Andy Maskell, Product Manager- Safety, I/O & Networks

Supporting your customers and their production can be a costly, complicated and time consuming task.  Sending engineers on site is expensive and inefficient.

The mGuard Secure Cloud solves these problems with an easy, cost effective and reliable solution for OEMs and Machine builders, allowing them to communicate directly with machines anywhere in the world, in a secure way.mGuard secure VPN

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How do I get started with remote access?

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Written by Andy Maskell, Product Manager – I/O & Networks.

More and more people are managing machines and plants remotely due to time and the costs involved of being on site every time there is a potential problem. This is particularly crucial during the commissioning phase of a new installation where time is money!

I discuss this subject on a regular basis with customers who want a simple and easy to manage way of implementing remote access. They have enough to think about without adding to the workload or cost of a project. Remote access is not a new thing, but up to now it has been either limited in functionality or complex to configure.

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