Developing a complete PLM system in cybersecurity conditions

Abstract

In the last five years, there has been a major change in approach from a conceptual point of view in terms of cybersecurity that needs to be ensured at the level of a complete industrial chain from the perspective of a Smart Factory. In this paper we proposed to develop a complete Product Lifecycle management (PLM) system in conditions of cybersecurity. We started from conclusive global examples and analyses regarding the (in)security of the flow of information within the PLM, such as the incidents of Foxconn, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Autodesk. Using the paradigm imposed by the efficiency of PLM processes, we have developed an intelligent scalable micro factory at the Maritime University of Constanta, within the PLM Center. In carrying out this approach, we have considered, beyond the generic vulnerability families, several specificities of the interconnection equipment and systems used in the PLM process. Product development is accompanied by many changes, such as changes in customer requirements, errors in design and planning, availability of resources, etc. Thus, the entire PLM process processes an enormous amount of data flow, and to be efficient in a PLM system, the product data must be dynamically shared, easily, accessible, and inherently secure. The classic approach to the concept of PLM does not consider cybersecurity problems, the principal design of the concept being prior to the emergence of global security problems, for this reason we want to present our approach to develop a PLM system in cyber security conditions.