These are the conditions for which E80 Group, an Italian multinational, based in Viano, Italy, builds its autonomous and laser guided vehicles that can move around a facility, transport materials, and interact with other machines and systems in warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing plants.
E80 Group has equipped more than 450 integrated factories in various parts of the world installing over 2,800 robotic systems, more than 9,000 AGVs and LGVs, and several high-density automatic warehouses.
Every day, E80 solutions handle more than 1 billion€ of products worldwide.
Modern AGVs utilize sophisticated technologies like laser scanners, vision cameras, and LiDAR that allows for dynamic path planning, obstacle detection, and safe operation in complex environments.
Modern AGVs are also networked - communicating with other AGVs, robots, and central control systems, which enables better coordination and fleet management.
Bringing together industrial security, mobility, and networking.
E80 Group is committed to making their AGVs as secure as possible.
This architecture embeds security within industrial networking equipment such as Catalyst Industrial Ethernet Switches and Catalyst Industrial Routers, and serves to eliminate point security products, simplify the architecture, and make deployments easier to scale.
Thanks to Cisco's converged OT cybersecurity and networking architecture, E80 Group can accomplish all this without deploying additional equipment.
The diagram below shows the simple three step process that allows E80 Group to secure their AGVs.
Device and traffic details gathered by Cyber Vision sensors are sent to Cyber Vision Center for visualization and formulating segmentation policies that are defined in Cisco ISE, which communicates these policies to the Catalyst IE3400 for enforcement.
Configuring and monitoring switches and Cyber Vision on these many vehicles manually is not only time consuming but can also lead to inaccuracies.
To automate such tasks and reduce time to deploy, E80 Group teamed up with Italtel, a system integrator and Cisco Gold Partner.
Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, Italtel has a storied past and has long been a pioneer in telecommunications, software defined networking, 5G, and industrial IoT, with specialization in areas of smart manufacturing and OT cybersecurity.
This system allows E80 Group to provide managed services to ensure security of their AGVs deployed in customer sites.
Using these tools, E80 Group can remotely activate their AGVs at customer sites.
Using Cyber Vision, they can now continuously monitor each AGV. The diagram below shows connected components and associated traffic within an AGV as visualized in Cyber Vision.
As the momentum towards the evolution to Industry 4.0 accelerates, analyst data shows a steady growth in adoption of AGVs, AMRs, mobile handheld tooling, etc.
With comprehensive security built into the networking equipment, Cisco makes it easy for machine builders to connect, protect, and deploy their industrial solutions, and offer managed services to their customers.
Learn more about Cisco Industrial Threat Defense, our manufacturing solutions, or schedule a free, no obligation, consultation with one of our industrial experts.
This Cyber News was published on feedpress.me. Publication date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:13:05 +0000