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GUEST OPINION by Sabyasachi Goswami, Commercial Leader, Commercial Services, APAC Rockwell Automation: The pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of the global manufacturing and supply-chain processes long hidden beneath the surface.

Industrial automation and digital transformation company Rockwell Automation has launched a new brand - LifecycleIQ Services - it says is designed to help companies innovate faster and improve efficiencies during the age of digitalisation,

GUEST OPINION: Nine months since the COVID-19 outbreak was formally declared a pandemic, with close to 50 million individuals infected, and the global economy experiencing its worst recession since the Second World War, the impact and associated costs of a healthcare crisis cannot be underestimated.

Integration Provides Full-spectrum IT/OT Visibility and Threat Detection Coverage

COMPANY NEWS: Claroty, the global leader in operational technology (OT) security, today announced it is partnering with CrowdStrike, a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and workload protection, on an integration between The Claroty Platform and the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. This integration delivers comprehensive visibility into industrial control system (ICS) networks and endpoints, with a one-stop-shop for information technology (IT) and OT asset information directly within The Claroty Platform. It also delivers enhanced detection of ICS threats across the IT/OT boundary without the need for added connectivity, signature reconfiguration, or manual updates. The result is more effective and efficient IT/OT security governance and strengthened security posture spanning all connected sites.

GUEST OPINION by Debraj Chakraborty Business Development Manager, Network & Security Services, South East Asia, Rockwell Automation:  One of the most significant changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden shift to telecommuting and the rapid adoption of digitalisation. As the situation worsens again throughout Australia, the possibility of further restrictions looms large and again the role of automation and equipment efficiency enters centre stage.

Security outfit Tenable Research has released details of 12 vulnerabilities it discovered in industrial control systems made by Siemens, Fuji, Schneider Electric, and Rockwell Automation over the last nine months, with the latest being a hole in the Siemens TIA Portal discovered this month.

Last week, the FIRST Robotics Competition held its first two Australian events for 2019, having first arrived down under in 2006, with Rockwell Automation's Global STEM ambassador, Jay Flores, attending the event.