Cyber Security for Industry 4.0 - Security Enhancement is not an option for Hong Kong Industry

In the new era of “Industry 4.0”, more and more industrial systems and services are inter-connected through the Internet to facilitate data exchanges and to regulate production workflow. The resulting new network interfaces and flow of data over untrusted network are subject to fresh cyber threats. Hence, sound and reliable cyber security capability will be the critical and necessary requirement for “Industry 4.0” manufacturers to ensure their competitiveness and operational safety.

As an all-round productivity partner of Hong Kong enterprises, the Hong Kong Productivity Council will organize an industry-wide promotional campaign to raise the cyber security awareness of the local manufacturing and IT sectors. With the funding support of the Innovation and Technology Fund of the HKSAR Government, two conferences will be held in June and November this year featuring leading international information security experts to share their knowledge and experience on the best practices on cyber security under the age of “Industry 4.0”.